Assessment Task 1 (30%) – Personal Numeracy File
Part A - Statistical literacy /Maths in context
Here is an example of contextualised mathematics: State of the Nation Report
1. Use statistics from the article (Argoon, Goldsmith & Steger, 2019) to:
* discuss some important aspects of current Australian society; and
* discuss some significant changes which have taken place in Australian society; and
* draw an accurate statistical graph to illustrate one of the topics you discussed.
2. Explain the statistical term “median” within the context in which it appears in the article and identify where
the term appears in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and
Reporting Authority {ACARA], n. d.).
3. Use information from the article to write a brief comparison of Australian men and women.
Word Count – 500 words plus or minus 10%
Note: In text reference is -Argoon, Goldsmith & Steger (2019)- and full (end-text) reference is: Argoon, A., Goldsmith, B., & Steger, S. (2019, July 30). State of the Nation Report: Why this woman is an insight into who we are. The West Australian, p. 15.
Part B – Mathematical Photographs
Compile a set of three photographs of ‘mathematical’ subjects where the photographs are suitable teaching resources for a primary school class.
One photograph must be on the topic of Measurement. It must be accompanied by a caption of up to 100 words of discussion prompts. Specify the year level of the class for which you have prepared the photograph and discussion prompts and quote the relevant curriculum content description and code.
One photograph must be on the topic of Geometry. It must be accompanied by a caption of up to 100 words of discussion prompts. Specify the year level of the class for which you have prepared the photograph and discussion prompts and quote the relevant curriculum content description and code.
One photograph must be on the topic of Statistics / Probability. It must be accompanied by a caption of up to 100 words of discussion prompts. Specify the year level of the class for which you have prepared the photograph and discussion prompts and quote the relevant curriculum content description and code. The photographs might include buildings, crowds, scenes, advertising, traffic or any other real-life context where some mathematical ideas are relevant. The photographs must be taken by you yourself.
Photographs of photographs, pages of textbooks or similar existing images are not to be used. Staged photographs (scenes constructed for the photograph) nor photographs of teaching resources (if a teacher could use the actual resources instead) are also not to be used.
Word Count – 100 words per photograph plus or minus 10%