VCE VM Units 3 & 4 Numeracy

VCE VM Units 3 & 4 Numeracy

Overview

In Unit 3 and 4 students further develop, enhance and extend their numeracy practices to make sense of their personal, public and vocational lives. Students extend their mathematical skills with consideration of their local, community, national and global environments and contexts, and use of, evaluation and justification of appropriate technologies. Across Units 3 & 4 students will cover 6 different numeracies. These are: - Personal numeracy - Civic numeracy - Financial numeracy - Health numeracy - Vocational numeracy - Recreational numeracy Outcomes for each Unit are: - Outcome 1 – Numeracy in context - Outcome 2 – Problem solving cycle - Outcome 3 – Mathematics toolkit

Unit 3 Areas of Study

1. Number
2. Shape
3. Quantity and measures
4. Relationships

Unit 4 Areas of Study

1. Dimension and direction
2. Data
3. Uncertainty
4. Systematics

Forms of Assessment

• Coursework exercises
• Investigation and design projects
• Excel spreadsheets
• PowerPoints and Posters

Prerequisites and Corequisites

VCE- VM Unit 1 and 2 Numeracy (or equivalent).

Link to Study Design

VCE VM Numeracy 2023-2027 Study Design