GRADE 12 ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS 2014-2015
HEIDI REDFERN, INSTRUCTOR
COURSE RATIONALE
Grade 12Essential Mathematics is intended for students whose post-secondary planning does not include
a focus on mathematics and science-related fields. Grade 12 Essential Mathematics is a one-credit course
emphasizing consumer applications, problem solving, decision making, and spatial sense.
Grade 12 Essential Mathematics builds on the knowledge and skills of Grade 10 and 11 Essential
Mathematics and provides a foundation for the Math applications in everyday life.
Students are expected to work both individually and in small groups on mathematical concepts and skills
encountered in everyday life in a technological society. Assessment tools used in Grade 12 Essential
Mathematics will be varied and may include observation, homework, learning conversations or
interviews, summative unit essays, demonstrations, presentations, performance tasks, learning logs,
projects, investigations, reflective journals, portfolios, quizzes, tests, and examinations.
UNITS OF STUDY
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First Semester
o Unit 1: Limits to Measurement (Precision Measurement on Provincial)
o Unit 2: Statistics
o Unit 3: Probability and Odds
o Unit 4: Properties of Geometric Figures (Geometry on Provincial)
Second Semester
o Unit 5: Transformations
o Unit 6: Trigonometry
o Unit 7: Owning a Small Business (Vehicle Finance & Home Finance on Provincial)
ASSESSMENT
Unit Work
TBA (Dependent on Government protocol for Provincial exam)
Each unit is worth 10% of the final grade, and will be a combination of the assessment tools
mentioned in the course rationale.
Exam
TBA
(Provincial exam - no exemptions)
POLICIES
All rules in the student handbook apply. Attendance at class is required. Students are reminded that
school policy states that students failing to attend class may lose their credit. Students are responsible
to catch up on all work missed when absent.
LATE POLICY
The goal of Westgate’s late policy is to teach students to accept personal responsibility for their
academic progress. Major assignments not completed by end of term 1, 2 or 3 will result in a grade of
"incomplete" for that term. All major assignments must be completed by the end of term 4 or the
student will not receive course credit. With respect to class presentations, students failing to present
on their assigned due date will receive a zero unless they have made advance arrangements.
Exceptions to this policy are possible only in cases of serious personal or medical circumstances.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Students are expected to exhibit commitment to learning and to behaviour that reflects the school’s
philosophy of openness and mutual respect. Students are expected to take personal responsibility for
their behaviour in all areas of school life, and to be honest in their relations with other students and
staff. Students are expected to submit work that is original and represents their own best efforts.
Students are expected to acknowledge the sources of ideas and information, whether directly quoted
or paraphrased, using Chicago style.
EXAM
There will be a final exam for this course. This exam will be worth 20% of the final mark.
CONTACT INFO
You can email me at hredfern@westgatemennonite.ca if you have questions about our class or an
assignment. Also, please arrange to meet with me during a spare or lunch if you ever need help with
anything. Clear up little problems before they become major difficulties, and get questions answered
before you don’t even know what to ask anymore.