These key skills are about understanding when particular techniques should be used, how to carry them out accurately and which techniques should be applied in particular situations. Developing your numerical, graphical and algebraic skills means being able to plan how you are going to use your skills over a period of time, monitoring your progress and then reviewing your approach. In this free course, Key skills assessment unit: application of number, you will learn to use and adapt your skills confidently and effectively in different situations and contexts.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate a strategy for using skills in application of number over an extended period of time
• Monitor progress and adapt the strategy as necessary, to achieve the quality of outcomes required
• Evaluate this overall strategy and present the outcomes from the work.