| Learner Profile | Math concepts have never been difficult for Asivak. Nevertheless, she has great difficulty with accuracy and accurate numeracy skills are needed to work towards achieving her GED. She will need to further develop her numeracy skills to reach her goal of becoming an economic development officer. |
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| Short Term Goal | To do math at the 120 level in order to move toward her education and employment goals. |
| Demonstration | Using 4 different issues of the local newspaper, chart job listings by wage ranges. For example, in one column chart jobs that fall between 35,000 and 45,000 per year, jobs that fall between 46,000 and 55,000 in another column, ect. |
| Skill and Level | Design surveys, collect data, and record the results on given spreadsheets or tally charts. |
| Effect of the Learning Disability | Transcribing numbers correctly is very difficult for Asivak. She often sees numbers in different orders, and dealing with a series of long numbers is difficult. She becomes lost and confused. |
| Accommodation | Using different coloured highlighters, (a different one for each range), Asivak highlights the number that falls into a specific range with a specific colour. She checks the numbers to make sure she has highlighted correctly by counting the number of digits in each number. |
| Learner’s Words | “I love using the highlighter. I used to get so confused I’d give up. Now I feel I am in control. I almost never make an error now. It’s great!” |