SUBJECT INFORMATION BOOKLET Subject:
Specialist Mathematics
Subject Type:
Elective
Year Level/s / Unit Length:
10 – One Semester Only
Why study this subject?
Mathematics enhances our understanding of the world and our ability to participate in society. Mathematics aims to ensure that students: • are confident, creative users and communicators of mathematics, able to investigate, represent and interpret situations in their personal and work lives and as active citizens. •
develop an increasingly sophisticated understanding of mathematical concepts and fluency with processes and are able to pose and solve problems and reason in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability.
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recognise connections between the areas of mathematics and other disciplines and appreciate mathematics as an accessible and enjoyable discipline to study.
What do students study?
All Year 10 Mathematics classes will follow the Australian Curriculum. They will learn the essential mathematics skills and knowledge in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, statistics and probability. There are four proficiency strands: understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning. The strands provide a meaningful basis for the development of concepts in the learning of mathematics and describe how content is explored or developed; that is, the thinking and doing of mathematics. Specialist Mathematics is an elective subject and will prepare students for the advanced mathematical challenges of Specialist Mathematics in senior classes.
Assessment Techniques
Exams, Extended Exams, Topic Tests, Problem-solving and Modelling Tasks
Senior School Pathways • • • •
Specialist Mathematics Mathematical Methods General Mathematics Essential Mathematics
Units available for selection: Subject Code
SMAT
Unit Title
Specialist Mathematics
Semesters Available
Pre-requisites
1
2
B Grade or higher in Year 9 Mathematics
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