20 July 2018
Notice 048/18
Amendments have been made to the Specialist Mathematics General Senior Syllabus 2019.
Assumed knowledge, prior learning or experience
Amendments have been made for clarity.
Syllabus objectives
In Syllabus objective 5, ‘and prove propositions’ has been removed for consistency with Essential Mathematics, General Mathematics and Mathematical Methods. The explanatory paragraph has been amended to include ‘proving propositions’, which is unique to Specialist Mathematics.
Unit and assessment objectives have been updated to reflect the changes to Syllabus objective 5.
The explanatory paragraph for Syllabus objective 6 has been amended for clarity.
Pedagogical and conceptual frameworks
Amendments have been made to provide further guidance.
Subject matter
Subject matter has been amended for each unit for clarity and consistency.
Unit 1
The unit description and assessment guidance has been amended for clarity.
Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1): Problem-solving and modelling task
The assessment description and conditions have been amended and a 2000-word limit has been added. The instrument-specific marking guide has been amended for clarity and consistency.
Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2): Examination
The assessment description and ‘Degree of difficulty’ definitions for complex unfamiliar, complex familiar and simple familiar have been amended for clarity. The instrument-specific marking guide has been amended to reflect the changes to Assessment objective 5.
Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3): Examination
The assessment description and ‘Degree of difficulty’ definitions for complex unfamiliar, complex familiar and simple familiar have been amended for clarity. The instrument-specific marking guide has been amended to reflect the changes to Assessment objective 5.
Summative external assessment (EA): Examination
The ’Degree of difficulty’ definitions for complex unfamiliar, complex familiar and simple familiar have been amended for clarity.
Glossary
Glossary explanations have been amended for clarity and consistency.
The Specialist Mathematics General Senior Syllabus 2019 (v1.1) and associated resources are available in the QCAA Portal. A PDF of the syllabus is also available on the QCAA website.
More information
Theo Clark, Learning Area Manager (Mathematics)
Email: Maths@qcaa.qld.edu.au
Telephone: (07) 3864 0335
- Last reviewed:
- 25 July 2018
- Last updated:
- 20 July 2018
