STAGE TWO
Mathematical Applications
2MCN - 2016
Anna Bassani
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ABSOLUTE PRIORITIES !
• Registering attendance at lectures
with your swipe card!!!
Attention.
Interest.
Cooperation.
Maintaining a positive learning environment.
If you don’t understand ALWAYS ask for
help.
• ALWAYS hand up your work. (something is better than nothing)
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ABSOLUTE PRIORITIES !
• Punctuality
• Regular attendance
Be on time!
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ASSESSMENT
Every summative piece of work must be filed and stored at the school.
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STAGE 2
Mathematical Applications
Curriculum Statement
2016
See the SACE Board Website
www.sace.sa.edu.au
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http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/web/mathematical-applications/stage-2/support-materials/subject-advice-strategies
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http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/web/mathematical-applications/;jsessionid=1651F5A8F60F6C0E881445632855B9D6
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The Course
• Four topics over the year
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Share Investments
Statistics and Working with Data
Investment and Loans
Mathematics and Small Business
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Organisation
Textbooks
– Mathematics for Year 12 Mathematical
Applications Haese Publications (Must be
the 2nd Edition)
– Adelaide Tuition Centre – Essentials
Publication – TEXT BOOK
• 2016 MASA – Revision Guide – will be ordered via the school
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http://essentialseducation.com.au/year-12/subject/mathematical-applications/
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Graphics calculators
I highly recommend Texas or CASIO – textbook
instructions are easy to follow and only cater for the
TI and CASIO.
Some will be available second hand through school,
but get in quick.
You will also get the opportunity to purchase a new
Texas or Casio through the school early next year. See
Lisa Lanchester for ordering forms.
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• Folders
– Devise a system for storing all lecture and tutorial handouts. (start with this sheet)
– Good organisation is critical, especially when it comes to test and exam revision.
– How will you store your class/textbook exercises? Notebook or loose sheets – sort this
out before we begin in 2016.
• Folios
– All assessed work will be kept, and handed in at the end of the year for moderation.
– It will consist of 6 tests and 3 investigations plus an external 2 hour examination at the
end of the year.
• Email – anna.bassani@adelaide.edu.au
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All assessment items are set and marked by Anna. The work is moderated by an external
moderation panel at the end of the year to ensure uniform standards across the state.
• USC Online Resource
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All lecture and tutorial notes will be promptly loaded onto the site.
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Share Investments
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Read pages 378 to 383 of the Haese Textbook.
Read pages 109 to 114 of the Essentials Textbook
This is background reading to get you started. We will discuss all of this in the first few lectures next year.
If you don’t yet have access to the textbook, email me and I will send the pages to you.
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Access the Australian Stock Exchange website www.asx.com.au
Spend some time familiarising your-self with this. You can access the website for each company through
this site. In particular follow the links…. Education and resources…..online courses….view all shares
courses, that are very good for understanding the basic working of the ASX
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Start to follow financial reports in the media and the daily newspapers. You may get some ideas for
your companies for the first Investigation.
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You will need to select 2 companies that are currently trading on the ASX.
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This will be part of your first Investigation early in Term 1, but that will all be explained in the first
lectures of 2016.
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Other very useful web-sites are www.tradingroom.com.au, www.sharedividends.com.au and
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/
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Above all, have a great break, and
come back refreshed and ready to
enjoy your studies in 2016.
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