2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS Technical Mathematics

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS Technical Mathematics Grade 12 Implementation: June 2020

Presentation Outline 1. Purpose 2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase; 3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan; 4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA) 5. Conclusion

1. Purpose • To mediate the amendments of the trimmed and re-organised 2020 Annual Teaching Plan including School Based Assessment for Technical Mathematics, Grade 12 for implementation in June 2020 as stipulated in Circular S 2 of 2020. • To ensure that meaningful teaching proceeds during the remaining teaching time as per the revised school calendar. • To assist teachers with guided pacing and sequencing of curriculum content and assessment.

1. Purpose (continued) • To enable teachers to cover the essential core content /skills in each grade within the available time. • To assist teachers with planning for the different forms of assessment. • To ensure learners are adequately prepared for the subsequent year/s in terms of content, skills, knowledge, attitudes and values

2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Grade 12 • No content will be removed from the entire Annual Teaching Plan. • All content topics will be part of end of year final examination • Term 1 Content has already been completed.

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Grade 12 • Term 2 Content will commence on 1 st June 2020.

3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics • There will be no significant reorganisation of content • The number of formal tasks have been reduce from seven to six

Summary: Amendment to the weighting of content topics • The weighting of content remains unchanged: Basic Skills Topics Application Topics Topic Interpreting and communicating answers and calculations Numbers and calculations with numbers Patterns, relationships and representations Finance Measurement Maps, plans and other representations of the physical world Data handling Probability/Likelihood Weighting (%) will be assessed in an integrated way throughout the Application Topics. 35% ( 5%) 20% ( 5%) 15% ( 5%) 25% ( 5%)

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Term Amendment NO AMMENDMENTS

TOTAL NUMBER OF SBA TASKS 6 4. Amendments School Based Term 1 Test (10%), Assignment (20%) and Investigation / Project (20%) Assessment (SBA) Term 2 Test (10%) Term 3 Test (10 %) and Trial (30 %)

Summary: Revised Programme of Assessment TOTAL NUMBER OF SBA TASKS 6 • Term 1 Test (10%), Assignment (20%) and Investigation / Project (20%) • Term 2 Test (10%) • Term 3 Test (10 %) and Trial (30 %)

Summary: Final Examination Structure The final examination structure has not changed Paper 1: 3 hours Algebraic expressions and equations (and inequalities, logs and complex numbers) Functions and graphs (excluding trig. functions) Finance, growth and decay Differential Calculus and integration Total marks 50 Paper 2: 3 hours Euclidean Geometry 40 35 Analytical Geometry 25 15 Trigonometry and Mensuration, 50 50 circles, angles and angular movement 150 Total marks 35 150

4. Conclusion

Contact Details Name: Mr L. G Mudau Department of Basic Education Tel: 012 357 4192 Email: Mudau. l@dbe. gov. za