Hi everyone, today I had the opportunity to observe Lottie’s Year 12 Math standard session! Lottie started the session by going through worksheets on simultaneous equations and linear equations in preparation for the student’s exam on Monday. Lottie printed a range of worksheets from the Cambridge Math book and allowed him to work through the questions. When the student had a question, Lottie would help explain the working out to make sure he understood how to answer the question, so that he would be able to solve similar questions in the future. Lottie also went through how to plot linear equations on a graph.
After the Cambridge Math worksheets, Lottie found questions in past papers which the student could use to practice. When the student found a question difficult, Lottie would give the student tips to help remind him how to solve the question instead of giving him the answer straight away. This helped the student remember how to solve the question and he was then able to solve the question correctly. Lottie also emphasised the importance of showing all working out in math questions in exams. This is important as the marks are split between different stages of working out, and students can still receive marks even when their final answer is wrong, but parts of their working out is correct.
Lottie then showed the student a website which he can use to access practice questions on all HSC subjects and topics in preparation for his exams, which is helpful for getting extra practice on difficult topics and becoming familiar with the type of questions asked in HSC exams. They also went over financial maths, specifically the formula used to solve for profit. Lottie explained what each of the variables meant and how it can be used to solve problems.
Overall it was a great session!
Patricia Hardas
