Year 12 Statistics
12MATS Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mrs V. Tupou.
The Year 12 Math's Core course covers Level 7 of the Mathematics and Statistics in the New Zealand Curriculum document. As a Year 12 student you will be studying towards NCEA Level 2. The aim of this course is to provide a firm basis for any mathematical work undertaken in Year 13 and tertiary levels and also to encourage the development of mathematical processes.
Students will complete Achievement Standards in Trigonometry, Graphs, and statistics In addition, this course supports students’ understanding of mathematics and builds on your knowledge using the statistical inquiry cycle. Students will be taught all the skills necessary to achieve each standard, as well as how to put these skills into context and extend their thinking to be able to achieve at Merit and Excellence levels.
This is a course which leads to Level 3 Statistics course (13STAT). This course is designed for students who want a pathway into 13STAT but find Algebra challenging.
Course Overview
Term 1
AS 91256(2.1) – Co-ordinate Geometry (2 credits Internal)
AS91259 (2.4) : Trigonometry (3 credits Internal)
Term 2
AS91257(2.2) – Graphical methods (4 credits Internal)
AS91264(2.9) Informal Inference (4 credits Internal)
Term 3
AS 91262 (2.7): Calculus methods (5 credits External)
Term 4
Revision for the exam: AS 91262 (2.7): Calculus methods