This course seems to have been elevated with the inclusion of an HSC Examination.
Multiple Choice
There are two proposals being put forward for HSC Examinations, which considers:
- Continued inclusion of Objective response (multiple choice), with a reduction in General 2 Mathematics to 10 questions
- Removal of objective response questions.
It was a curious change to include (cost-saving) multiple choice questions to the Mathematics courses a few years back. Given the feedback that must have been received, there seems to be a sensible consideration of the removal of Multiple Choice questions to again focus on thinking, understanding and process (which is what Mathematics is about) as opposed to just considering the final result.
Common Questions
There will be 30% of marks common between General 1 Mathematics and General 2 Mathematics.
There will be 30% of marks common between General 2 Mathematics and Mathematics.
There will be 25% of marks common between Mathematics and Mathematics Extension 1. Extension students will no longer sit the Mathematics Exam!
Extension 2 students will also sit the Extension 1 exam.
Internal Assessment
All calculus courses now require one x 20% - 30% task as an investigation style task.
Content changes
It will be interesting to see what content has changed as we dive on in! I'm looking forward to seeing the statistics sections in the calculus courses.
Extension 1 Mathematics is now essentially 3 strands - Trig Functions (also Functions in Y11), Calculus and Statistical Analysis. Looks like a lot has been removed, but will need to dive deeper into the content to see the changes proposed.
Extension 2 has Proof, Complex Numbers, Mechanics and Vectors and Calculus.
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