Applied academic skills enable employees to put skills based on academic disciplines and learning—such as reading, writing, mathematical strategies and procedures, and scientific principles and procedures—to practical use in the workplace. They include:
- Uses reading skills
- Uses writing skills
- Uses mathematical strategies and procedures
- Uses scientific principles and procedures
The following initiatives identified applied academic skills as an important employability skill. Rollover the matrix content to see descriptions of the skills from primary sources.
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| Resource | Applied Academic Skills | |||
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| Uses reading skills | Uses writing skills | Uses mathematical strategies & procedures | Uses scientific priniciples & procedures | |
| 21st Century Skills for Workplace Success, NOCTI | X Demonstrates reading skills |
X Demonstrates writing skills |
X Demonstrates math skills |
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| Career Clusters Framework, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium | X Demonstrates language arts knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of postsecondary education and career opportunities |
X Demonstrates mathematics knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of postsecondary education and career opportunities |
X Demonstrates science knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of postsecondary education and career opportunities |
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| Employability Skills 2000+, Conference Board of Canada | X Accesses, analyzes, and applies knowledge and skills from various disciplines (e.g., the arts, languages, science, technology, mathematics, social sciences, and the humanities) |
X Accesses, analyzes, and applies knowledge and skills from various disciplines (e.g., the arts, languages, science, technology, mathematics, social sciences, and the humanities) |
X Uses numbers |
X Readily uses science, technology, and mathematics as ways to think, gain, and share knowledge, solve problems, and make decisions |
| Equipped for the Future, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee | X Uses math to solve problems and communicate |
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| Industry Competency Models, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor | X Demonstrates applied reading skills |
X Demonstrates writing skills |
X Uses mathematics |
X Understands and applies science and technology |
| National Career Readiness Certificate, ACT | X Reads for information |
X Uses applied mathematics skills |
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| O*NET, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor | X Understands written sentences and paragraphs in work- related documents |
X Communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience |
X Uses mathematics to solve problems |
X Uses scientific rules and methods to solve problems |
| Partnership for 21st Century Skills | X Masters core subjects and 21st century themes |
X Masters core subjects and 21st century themes |
X Masters core subjects and 21st century themes |
X Masters core subjects and 21st century themes |
| Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS), U.S. Department of Labor | X Demonstrates reading skills |
X Demonstrates writing skills |
X Performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques |
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| Workforce Skills Certification System, CASAS and Learning Resources, Inc. | X Demonstrates applied reading skills |
X Uses math |
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NOTE: These examples represent a sample of employability standards and assessments compiled during an inventory of employability skills conducted in 2012. They do not represent an exhaustive list of employability skills but rather include sources that are widely cited. The content of these sources may change over time to address skills that are not reflected in the above matrix.
