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[tacogym27101990]

can someone tell me if this means what i think?
does it mean parametrics arent in the sylaabus any more

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/pdf_doc/maths-st6-calculus-dwb.pdf
Parametric representation of the parabola​

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has not been included in the revised Mathematics
Extension 1 course. This aspect of the current course was identified in submissions and
feedback during the Syllabus Review phase as a possible area for removal and was also rated
by academics in the survey conducted by Ayres et al as low in importance for students
entering university from Mathematics Extension 1 or Mathematics Extension 2 level. This
material can be easily introduced, if required at tertiary level, in relation to problems in
Mechanics, dynamical systems, etc.​

 

[Iruka]

I think that document you are referring to discusses proposed changes to the syllabus, not the current one.

 

[tacogym27101990]

o ok, i wasnt sure what i was looking at.
would be cool if it came in looks better

 

[Iruka]

Yeah, unfortunately, it also looks like they are also going to add lots of statistics, which will be mindbogglingly boring.

 

[tacogym27101990]

haha yeah, theres a positive that its not in yet.
stupid stats
apparently it could be replacing conics in 4 unit?

 

[Mark576]

Apparently, yes that's what I've heard as well.

 

[tacogym27101990]

i wonder if thats a good thing or not..
whats conics like?? havent done it yet
itll be insane stats tho.

 

[Mark576]

Well I'm glad that I'm not doing statistics

 

[namburger]

i wonder if thats a good thing or not..
whats conics like?? havent done it yet
itll be insane stats tho.

Conics is like parametrics but more concepts
like ellipses and hyperbolas
if you thought eliminating the parameters of parametrics were hard, wait till you see conics with restrictions =O

 

[tacogym27101990]

sounds not too bad
nah i dont mind parameters

 

[me121]

statistics is good! we need more of it in senior maths.

 

[Trebla]

statistics is good! we need more of it in senior maths.

I agree, there isn't enough high school statistics at the moment to prepare us for uni level statistical applications such as econometrics, psychology, epidemiology or just statistical modelling.

The only reason people are freaking about about statistics is because they've only covered basic stuff up to Year 10 and completely disregard it in Year 11 and Year 12 (other than the probability topic). The basic statistics stuff such as mean, standard deviation etc are pretty fundamental and understandably boring and people develop a bad impression of statistics solely based from experiences in junior maths.

However, it actually gets a bit more interesting than that. In fact the current course already has some statistics in it; namely probability, permutation and combination probailities and binomial probabilities. There's the central limit theorem which says the sums and means of random samples of measurements drawn repeatedly from a population have an approximately normal (bell curve) distribution. Confidence intervals allow you to determine "margins of error" in your sampling. You can approximate the normal distribution to fit with binomial distributions etc.......

If you plan to do some Science or Commerce degree, knowledge in statistics is essential. You need statistics to understand some aspects of quantum theory in Physics. You need to use statistics in Pharmacy. You need statistics to analyse the performance of your business etc....

That aside, one of the main aspects of the new proposed syllabus I support a lot is solving differential equations up to second order. I think that's an essential in any senior mathematics course.

 

[kurt.physics]

If you didnt know, statistics is the devil!


Does anyone know if the syllabus will be the same for this years year 11s going to do 4U?

 

[leoyh]

yeah they;re moving towards the more practical applications of mathematics, at least at a basic level anyway, like statistics and graphs. thats good in some ways but i hate stats lol

 

[Iruka]

I don't think statistics can be studied profitably at the high school level. To do anything interesting you need more calculus than is covered in the syllabus.

Descriptive statistics merely bores people to death.

I also think an over emphasis on *practical applications* without mastery of the fundamentals is mistaken.

 

[Forbidden.]

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I also wrote 2 submissions at

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/nanahcub/submission.pdf

and

http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit/response-extract.pdf

So you are saying you have the authority to influence the modification of the future Mathematics syllabus?
The suggestions generally look pretty good anyhow.

 

[me121]

Within the syllabus review phase there is the opportunity for organisations/schools/ individuals to submit their feedback on the current Stage 6 mathermatics syllabuses & to identify what may be required in any revision of the syllabuses.

Does this mean anyone can submit a submission. Just say they decided to review the Physics syllabus, could I send in a submission, and it will be read?