Year 11 Resources

A closer look atStudyit.org.nz

andScholarnet.co.nz

You have got

• 2 workbooks• 1 text book• Sharepoint• Mathletics• Studyit – points to ncea and tki• Links from sharepoint and studyit• Studypass and Parallel papers• Teacher – friends - parents

What to do when

• You can choose….• I suggest: Nulake > past papers > gamma• End of year revision > text book• Get to know the resources – really well, so

that when you need to work on a particular skill you know how to find the correct resources.

• Focus: Skill application.

Mathematical Tool Box

• You have the tools/skills to pass.• To get merit and excellence you need to know

when to apply those tools.• Think of the recent algebra test where the

blob was “x”, you needed relational understanding rather than instrumental understanding in order to make the connection. More on this later.

Text Book

• Do not forget about your text book – it is an excellent resource, especially if you are aiming for excellence.

• The questions at the end of the exercises are generally the hardest – do not waste time doing exercises that you can easily do.

• Read the explainations. Think deeply, not just the process but the why.

Do you Really understand?Relational Understanding or Instrumental Understanding

http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/~burgerl/Skemp%20paper.pdf

It is easier to remember. There is a seeming paradox here, inthat it is certainly harder to learn. It is certainly easier forpupils to learn that ‘area of a triangle = base x height’than to learn why this is so. But they then have to learnseparate rules for triangles, rectangles, parallelograms,trapeziums; whereas relational understanding consistspartly in seeing all these in relation to the area of arectangle. It is still desirable to know the separate rules; onedoes not want to have to derive them afresh every time. Butknowing also how they are inter-related enables one toremember them as parts of a connected whole, which iseasier.There is more to learn – the connections as well as the separate rules – but the result, once learnt, is more lasting.