| Grade 12 Mathematics Examination Workshop Project |
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An item bank of assessment problems
prepared by teachers and aimed at testing
achievement of the curriculum for these NB high school courses:
Math 122 (Trig and 3-space)
Math 120 (Advanced Math with an introduction to calculus).
*** The next workshop will be held on Thursday - Friday March 18 - 19, 2010, at UNBF. ***
There was a smaller follow-up workshop on Friday April 16, as part of the workshop to mark Maritime papers for the Fryer, Euclid, Hypatia and Euclid Mathematics Competitions.
At the workshops,
teachers prepare item banks and sample test papers (with grading schemes).
The materials are then type-set and proof-read.
Most teacher release days are provided by school districts. Travel, accommodation and nutrition breaks are provided by UNBF and AARMS.
Excerpt from letter of support from NB Department of Education
Teachers
who wish to use the 2009 exam papers should
Students who do well on sample exam papers are exempted from writing the UNB Mathematics Placement Test. (Please refer to the UNB calendar entry regarding prerequisites for MATH 1003: Minimum grade of 60% in both NB Math 122 and NB Math120, as well as a passing score in the UNB Math Placement Test, administered during Orientation.)
Teachers looking for resources to use in class can find previous exam papers at this resources page.
Participation:
2009:
1103* students at 14 schools in
5 NB school districts,
and 216 first-year students at UNBF were exempted from writing the Math Placement Test.
(* This count includes students who wrote exams for Math 122 and Math 120.
Of this count, 407 scored 70% or higher.)
2008:
in excess* of
567 students at 12 schools in
5 NB school districts,
and 185 first-year students at UNBF were exempted from writing the Math Placement Test.
(* Some teachers did not return all requested information.)
2007:
556 students at 16 schools in
7 NB school districts,
and 218 first-year students at UNBF were exempted from writing the Math Placement Test.
2006:
508 students at
13 schools in 6 NB school districts.
Contact:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UNBF.
Phone: 506-453-4768
Fax: 506-453-4705
or send
email
to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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