The program will give students the opportunity to maximise their preparations for the mid-year and end-of-year examinations.
Expert Maths lecturers will:
- work through carefully chosen examples that will assist you in mastering each topic
- provide you with the opportunity to have your specific questions answered
- give you generous lecture notes for use throughout the year
- enhance your confidence in your Maths studies for the remainder of the year
Students will be provided with:
- tips to help you create an enviable bound reference
- professional advice on how to best tackle examination questions
- a consolidation of material covered in first semester
- extensive analysis and application questions
- facts and skills required to best answer exam type questions
Information on the 2009 Mastering Maths Day will be available soon. As a guide the 2008 details were as follows:
2008 Mastering Maths day for Unit 3 Maths Methods and Further Maths students held on:
| MELBOURNE | Sunday 4 May |
LaTrobe University Bundoora Campus (venue details here) |
Click here to download a 2008 Mastering Maths brochure and booking form OR Click here to book online
COST
Maths Methods: $68 per student (9.30am-3.15pm lunch provided)
GROUP DISCOUNT: Group discount ticket price of $60 per student applies when 5 or more tickets are booked in the one application.
Further Maths: $56 per student (9.30am-2.15pm lunch provided)
GROUP DISCOUNT: Group discount ticket price of $50 per student applies when 5 or more tickets booked in the one application.
TIMETABLE
| MATHS METHODS | |
| 9.30am-10.30am | Algebra functions review and extension |
| 10.45am-11.45am | Graphing with transformations review and extension |
| 12.00pm-1.00pm | Composite functions review and applications |
| 1.00pm-1.30pm | LUNCH (note: lunch is provided) |
| 1.30pm-2.30pm | More Calculus and applications |
| 2.30pm-3.15pm | Open Q & A forum |
| FURTHER MATHS | |
| 9.30am-10.30am | Univariate data |
| 10.30am-11.45am | Bivariate data, correlation & regression, interpolation and extrapolation |
| 12.00pm-1.00pm | Data transformations, time series, smoothing techniques and deseasonalising data sets |
| 1.00pm-1.30pm | LUNCH (note: lunch is provided) |
| 1.30pm-2.15pm | Open Q & A Forum |
LECTURERS
Kevin McMenamin, B.Sc.Ed., G.C.M.M.E., P.D.M.M.E., Head of Maths, The Peninsula School
Michael O'Connor, B.Sc., Dip.Ed., Maths Coordinator, Mazenod College
Full details of the Mastering VCE Unit 3 Maths day are contained in the 2008 brochure - just follow the link at the top of this page.