Year: 11 (Stage 1) Elective
Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits)
Contact Person: Justin Lodge
Recommended Background: B Grade or better in Year 10 Mathematics and successful completion of Semester 1, Stage 1 Mathematics.
Content: Specialist Mathematics is run concurrently and in addition to Mathematics. It draws on and extends the ideas taught within Mathematics. The topics will be chosen by the teacher at the commencement of the course.
Students develop an increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of calculus, statistics, mathematical arguments, and proofs, and using mathematical models. By using functions, their derivatives, and integrals, and by mathematically modelling physical processes, students develop a deep understanding of the physical world through a sound knowledge of relationships involving rates of change.
Students use statistics to describe and analyse phenomena that involve uncertainty and variation.
Stage 1 Specialist Mathematics provides the foundation for further study in Stage 2 Mathematical Methods and Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
- Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks (at least two per semester)
- Assessment Type 2: Mathematical Investigation (at least one per semester)
Students provide evidence of their learning through four assessments.
Additional Charges: Students will be required to purchase a Graphics Calculator.