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Leaving Cert HL Maths

  • 01-11-2012 11:27am
    #1
    butterfly80
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭


    TEACHING HL MATHS 6TH YEARS:

    Can someone give me an outline of the papers and what needs to be covered? I'm using Active Maths (book 1&2). Do I need to cover the whole course or are there options?

    I've inherited a 6th yr hons maths group and I haven't taught the honours before. It's been a long time since my own LC maths!

    Any help appreciated!


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  • #2
    Chris68
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭Chris68


    butterfly80 wrote: »
    TEACHING HL MATHS 6TH YEARS:

    Can someone give me an outline of the papers and what needs to be covered? I'm using Active Maths (book 1&2). Do I need to cover the whole course or are there options?

    I've inherited a 6th yr hons maths group and I haven't taught the honours before. It's been a long time since my own LC maths!

    Any help appreciated!

    You need to get the syllabus. www.projectmaths.ie Make sure to to get the syllabus for June 2013 as each year has a different syllabus at the moment. Use that to decide what is to be covered, rather than rely on the text book. With Project maths being so new the text books haven't always got it right. There is no choice as such other than between two geometry questions, must do one of them. The exam papers with sample papers for this June should be published during November.
    Good luck to your students.


  • #3
    Moody_mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭Moody_mona


    Same thing happened to me last year. Would suggest you look through the contents and ask the kids what chapters they did and get a general gist of how they feel about different sections - it will help your planning.


  • #4
    butterfly80
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭butterfly80


    Thanks folks. I'm just trying to get my head around it over mid term. The lack of exam papers is annoying as I would love to dive into those so I could get a feel for what I am preparing them for. I'll have a look at the syllabus and go from there. I've put together a rough scheme for what's left to cover. There is a lot. It will take me up until the end of April. Does this sound too late? When should you expect to finish the course?


  • #5
    whiteandlight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭whiteandlight


    It's a long course. My OL class didn't finish until the end of April last year. There are papers on examinations.ie that you can look at though bear in mind the layout of yours will be slightly different.

    Can I emphasise how important problem solving is in this course. You need to develop their ability to work on a problem without much scaffolding for them to do well


  • #6
    Moody_mona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭Moody_mona


    +1 to problem solving. There is a document on the Project Maths website with a load of questions to be solved, plenty of pictures and multiple approaches.


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  • #7
    doc_17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,976 ✭✭✭doc_17


    You must make this class your prioity this year. The book is not the syllabus. Go through the syllabus and be sure you have everything covered.

    If you have any queries about what is on the syllabus contact the NCCA.

    The exam papers are similiar to phase 2 of the project schools. They are the pojectsmaths.ie site. There will basically be no choice on paper 2. Everything must be covered.

    You mentioned that it was a long time since LC Maths for you...have you taught Maths yet? Or did you mean that was the last time you saw the HL content?


  • #8
    butterfly80
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭butterfly80


    I'm 3 years out of my dip (completed as mature-ish student) and this is my first HL group. I've had OL groups for leaving cert every year since I finished. So I just want to do this right - I have one student in particular aiming for an A. I need to get a better handle on the overall structure and quirks of the course.


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