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Mathematics is the Key Learning Area where students appreciate mathematics as an essential and relevant part of life and develop their ability to work mathematically. Students learn to develop their knowledge, skills and understandings across six strands – one process strand, Working Mathematically, and the five content strands, Number, Patterns and Algebra, Data, Measurement and Space and Geometry.
Working Mathematically encompasses a set of five key processes that are embedded into the other five strands through the content. The five interrelated processes are questioning, applying strategies, communicating, reasoning and reflecting. The five content strands are then organised into a number of substrands.
The aims of the mathematics program at St Cecilia’s are:
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To develop student’s engagement in lifelong learning |
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to develop in students a sound understanding of mathematical concepts, processes and strategies and the capacity to use these in solving problems |
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to develop in students the ability to recognise the mathematics in every day situations |
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to develop in students the ability to apply their mathematics to analyse situations and solve real life problems |
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to develop in students appropriate language for the effective communication of mathematical ideas and experiences |
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to develop in students an appreciation of the applications to mathematics of technology, including calculators and computers |
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to encourage students to use mathematics creatively in expressing new ideas and discoveries and to recognise the mathematical elements in other creative pursuits |
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to challenge students to achieve at a level of accuracy and excellence appropriate to their particular stage of development. |
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to develop students’ mathematical thinking, understanding, competence, and confidence in the application of mathematics |
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