Level 1 Mathematics
Option Selection will be opened again in January 2024. Information is currently being updated and may change at any time.
Option Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss R. Prasad.
Mathematics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in quantities, space, and time and Statistics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in data.
These two disciplines are related but different ways of thinking and of solving problems. Both equip students with effective means for investigating, interpreting, explaining, and making sense of the world in which they live.
This course is designed to cater for a range of student abilities to allow all students to make real progress and achieve to their potential. Differentiation will take place in lessons and will be considered in the decisions on which standards each student will sit.
This course leads to all Level 2 Mathematics and/or Statistics courses. This course will also help students achieved their Numeracy CAA.
Recommended Prior Learning
Open entry
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This option is eligible for course endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 1.1 - Explore data using a statistical enquiry process
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Mathematics and Statistics 1.2 - Use mathematical methods to explore problems that relate to life in Aotearoa New Zealand or the Pacific
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Mathematics and Statistics 1.3 - Interpret and apply mathematical and statistical information in context
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Mathematics and Statistics 1.4 - Demonstrate mathematical reasoning
Pathway Tags
Statistics leads to careers in: Business Studies, Commerce, Education, Geography, Health Studies, Marketing, Nursing, Politics, Psychology, Social Work, Journalism, Town Planning, any career involving prediction, sampling and probability., Construction and infrastructure, Manufacturing and technology, The Primary Industries, The Service Industries, Social and Community services, Accountant, Actuarial Science, Computer Analyst or programmer, Economist, Engineering Analyst, Information Scientist, Marketing Research Analyst, Mathematician, Meteorologist, Numerical Analyst, Operations Research, Statistician, Systems Analyst, Teacher, Architecture.,
Disclaimer
NCEA Levels 1, 2 & 3 courses will be made up of a selection of the stated standards. This will happen at the beginning of the year with the assigned teacher.