confused about my school's course! (1 Viewer)

[viraj30]

okay so i am year 11 (now 12) and do mathematics extension 1. In the textbook there are so many chapters but our school has only taught us 4 chapters:

harder 2u
circle geo
trigonometry
parametric representation of parabola..

But what about other chapters like integration, combinations etc. Is this normal in other schools??

 

[michaeljennings]

okay so i am year 11 (now 12) and do mathematics extension 1. In the textbook there are so many chapters but our school has only taught us 4 chapters:

harder 2u
circle geo
trigonometry
parametric representation of parabola..

But what about other chapters like integration, combinations etc. Is this normal in other schools??

Are you using the Cambridge Year 11 Textbook? Because a lot of the Year 12 stuff comes from that book even though it says its 'Year 11'

 

[viraj30]

actually the fact is our teacher gives us photocopied papers from a textbook. i dunno the name but it has a blue cover and its a bit old!

 

[michaeljennings]

actually the fact is our teacher gives us photocopied papers from a textbook. i dunno the name but it has a blue cover and its a bit old!

Oh im not sure then sorry might be that jones and couchman book or fitzpatrick

 

[viraj30]

it said book 2..so it has to be jones and couchman

 

[michaeljennings]

it said book 2..so it has to be jones and couchman

mm okay dont worry about it too much, your school wouldnt screw you over by not teaching you topics so dont panic =)

 

[viraj30]

hmm i hope so! but do they teach all chapters in other schools

 

[michaeljennings]

hmm i hope so! but do they teach all chapters in other schools

From memory I dont think so. At the start of the year we would switch back and forth from the Yr 11 and Yr 12 book but in the end we didnt cover every chapter

 

[viraj30]

lets pray we cover every chapter

 

[Coookies]

We haven't done integration and all that yet either so don't worry

 

[Shadowdude]

Jones and Couchman? ooh, I pity you.

Get Fitzpatrick or something.

 

[someth1ng]

J&C is what my school used - it sucks.

 

[Shadowdude]

J&C is what my school used - it sucks.

Your responsibility to get a better textbook. Thankfully, my maths teacher saw the light and said "lol wat are these textbooks the school gave us" and told the school to get us a proper textbook.

 

[LoveHateSchool]

I have J&C too-it makes me sad.

 

[RishBonjour]

Mines maths in focus, we are just starting integration ( half the kids in my class finished the whole thing last year)
we havnt fully done parametrics yet
every school varies, but in the end , most will cover all topics

 

[Shadowdude]

Mines maths in focus, we are just starting integration ( half the kids in my class finished the whole thing last year)
we havnt fully done parametrics yet
every school varies, but in the end , most will cover all topics

Maths in Focus? Get a new textbook.

 

[dest]

You have 2 options:
1 - Spend the entire of year 12 questioning your school's teaching, and most likely fail.
2 - Accept that all schools have to teach the same content, commit yourself to learning, and still have a chance of failing IMO LOL>

The choice is yours

 

[viraj30]

^ what if i learn it by myself???

 

[someth1ng]

Your responsibility to get a better textbook. Thankfully, my maths teacher saw the light and said "lol wat are these textbooks the school gave us" and told the school to get us a proper textbook.

They also gave us Cambridge.

 

[RishBonjour]

Maths in Focus? Get a new textbook.

yeah , i was only talking about the one we use at school.
i use other textbook ( bits from different places like cambridge)/resource outside( tutoring)