Year 11 Critical Problem Solving (11CPS)
11CPS Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr Z. Irani.
Pre-requisitesPreference is given to those students who have completed the Innovation Stream programme in Years 9 and 10. Students choosing this course cannot take a mainstream math course to go alongside this one.
11CPS offers students a mathematics course that is focused on being cross-curricular. This course focuses on enhancing mathematical proficiency and incorporates core numeracy strategies with other core curriculum areas. 11CPS provides students with options to tailor their learning experience, allowing them to choose from three pathways:
(1) pursuing two internal achievement standards and two external achievement standards,
(2) opting for two internal achievement standards and one external achievement standard, or
(3) focusing solely on two internal achievement standards.
Regardless of the chosen pathway, successful completion of 11CPS ensures students not only enhance their mathematical proficiency but also attain thorough preparation for the numeracy corequisite assessment, equipping them with essential skills for future academic pursuits.
Key Features:
- Flexible course structure with multiple pathway options.
- Focus on enhancing mathematical proficiency and incorporating core numeracy strategies.
- Choice of three pathways: (1) two internal achievement standards and two external achievement standards, (2) two internal achievement standards and one external achievement standard, or (3) two internal achievement standards.
- Successful completion prepares students for the numeracy corequisite assessment which is an external assessment.
Course Overview
Term 1
In Term 1, students will focus on applying numerical skills with algebra and measurement to explore the concept of identity by looking at personal budgets and personal decisions around lifestyle costs. Students will also be exploring self and others’ identity through data gathering and analysis in statistical investigations.
Teaching and learning will be focused towards preparing students to sit in their first internal assessment: 1.1 Explore data using a statistical enquiry process (91944), which will be assessed in Term 2.
Throughout Term 1, parents and caregivers can be asking their child:
What new concepts and methods in Mathematics and Statistics are you learning in your CPS class? How do you apply these in analysing situations and coming up with multiple creative solutions? How have you explored your identity and that of others in class?
We will be using Google Classroom as our online learning resource manager. Ask your child to share their Google Classroom folder located in their Google Drive so that you can view all of their completed works in the Classroom. Assessments will be delivered in digital format.
Term 2
In Term 2, ākonga will learn how to interpret and apply mathematical and statistical literacy skills to make well-founded judgements from mathematical and statistical data which applies to real world contexts.
Mathematical and statistical literacy skills include, but are not limited to:
looking into sources of variation
identifying misleading information
extracting information from given sources
making informed decisions based on mathematical or statistical facts (including financial literacy)
examining claims
interpreting information and connecting to a context.
Ākonga will learn how to recognise and make connections with the mathematics or statistics needed to make well founded judgements and decisions about evidentiary claims, graphs, and other represented information. Ākonga will be given the opportunity to interpret media and make informed life-skill related choices. Ākonga will draw on Significant Learning from several topics to interpret information.
For the first few weeks of term 2 ākonga will be completing their first internal assessment, Mathematics & Statistics 1.1: Explore data using a statistical enquiry process (AS91944), thereafter the teaching and learning will be focused towards preparing ākonga to sit the external assessment, Mathematics & Statistics 1.3: Interpret and apply mathematical and statistical information in context (AS91946).
Pathway
Year 12 Mathematics Internal (12MATI), Year 12 Mathematics with Calculus (12MAC), Year 12 Mathematics with Statistics (12MAS)
Career PathwaysAuditor, Agricultural/Horticultural Scientist, Chemist, Marine Biologist, Financial Adviser, Production Manager, Data Analyst, Actuary, Electronics Engineer, Tailor/Dressmaker, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Technician, Mechanical Engineer, Buyer, Clinical Physiologist, Physician, Dental Assistant, Real Estate Agent, Secondary School Teacher, Valuer, Intelligence Officer
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryThere is a $30 course fee that covers the subscription to Education Perfect, which is our e-learning platform and NZGrapher.
It is essential that each student has a scientific calculator in addition to a book (such as a 1E5 QB Maths Book) to write notes in.