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Provincial English
Author(s): Allison Kilgannon, University of the Fraser Valley
Updated: Jan 7, 2022
Description: This textbook was designed to fulfill the requirements for the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Provincial English course. This text provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking skills, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.
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Adult Literacy Fundamental Mathematics: Book 1 - 2nd Edition
Author(s): Wendy Tagami, Liz Girard
Updated: Dec 20, 2021
Description: This is book one in a six-book series on fundamental mathematics for adult learners. These books include glossaries, self tests, practice requests, grades records, and unit tests. Ancillary Resources include the Instructor's Manual. Topics in this book include: number and number operations, patterns, functions and relations, real life applications, geometry, and time. These books align with the learning outcomes for Adult Fundamental Math as outlined in the BC ABE Articulation Handbook.
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Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book 1
Author(s): Wendy Tagami, Liz Girard
Updated: Dec 16, 2021
Description: THIS BOOK WILL BE ARCHIVED ON JUNE 1ST, 2022 AS IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW EDITION. This is book one in a six-book series on fundamental mathematics for adult learners. These books include glossaries, self tests, practice requests, grades records, and unit tests. Ancillary Resources include the Instructor's Manual.
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Business/Technical Mathematics
Author(s): Izabela Mazur, Thompson River University, Kim Moshenko, Thompson River University
Updated: Nov 22, 2021
Description: The content of this textbook is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for the Advanced Level Business/Technical Mathematics. The textbook covers nine groups of learning outcomes organized in chapters. The first three chapters cover the core learning outcomes: 1. Operations with Real Numbers, 2. First Degree Equations and Inequalities, 3. Equations and their Graphs. The remaining chapters cover the following six topics: 4. Systems of Equations, 5. Trigonometry...[more]
Introductory Algebra
Author(s): Izabela Mazur, Thompson Rivers University
Updated: Nov 22, 2021
Description: This textbook is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for Mathematics: Intermediate Level Algebra. The textbook introduces the fundamental concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry while addressing the needs of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Each topic builds upon previously developed material to demonstrate the cohesiveness and structure of mathematics. This text was adapted from Elementary Algebra and Prealgebra, textbooks ori...[more]
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Composition and Literature: A Handbook and Anthology
Author(s): James Sexton, Derek Soles
Updated: Nov 5, 2021
Description: The purpose of this book is to help students achieve the learning objectives of their English 12 course. These include how to write intelligently, clearly, and fluently; understand and employ effectively the conventions of various forms of school and college writing assignments; read actively and critically; understand and appreciate diverse and inclusive works of imaginative literature; and think critically, creatively, and reflectively. This book is divided into two parts. Part I is a Composi...[more]
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Student Success
Author(s): Mary Shier, College of the Rockies
Updated: Oct 1, 2021
Description: This book offers study skills and practices for college and university students to help them make a positive transition to post-secondary education, learn how to be a successful student, and make the most of their learning experience. This textbook was created to provide a resource for the ABE provincial level course, Student Success, and it provides resources to meet all the required and optional learning outcomes. The course can be used an elective course towards the BC Adult Graduation Diplo...[more]
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Key Concepts of Computer Studies
Author(s): Meizhong Wang, College of New Caledonia
Updated: Oct 1, 2021
Description: If you are looking for a quick study guide in Computer Studies, this book is an excellent resource. Skip the lengthy and distracting books and instead use this book to guide your studies, review your knowledge, or help with tutoring. This book quickly gets to the heart of each particular topic, helping students with a quick review before doing homework or preparing for a test.
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Human Biology: Human Anatomy and Physiology
Author(s): Christine Miller, Thompson Rivers University
Updated: Sep 29, 2021
Description: This textbook is ideal for an introductory-level human biology course. It is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for Provincial Level Biology, which is the equivalent of Grade 12 Anatomy and Physiology. This textbook begins with an introduction to sciences and the scientific method, and then addresses the human body in increasing scale: from biological molecules, to cells and tissues, to organs and all eleven organ systems, all with an overarching focus on ...[more]
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Building Blocks of Academic Writing
Author(s): Carellin Brooks, KPU
Updated: Sep 29, 2021
Description: Building Blocks of Academic Writing covers typical writing situations for developing academic writers, from prewriting and research through expressing themselves online. Developmental work in different types of paragraphs—descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive—allows students to build capacity for longer essays. Each chapter includes review questions with a Canadian focus that instructors can assign to help students practise the skills developed in the text. This book aligns with the BC...[more]
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