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Well I rather think the issue will be will teachers take the NCB seriously? At the moment, they don't. So lol at that.

I put my submission to the NCB at http://www.geocities.com/threeunitnotes/submission4.pdf

The NSW Board of Studies is considering its position on the new draft Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12) Mathematics syllabuses in light of the planned 2011 implementation of a national maths curriculum. The Board will provide advice to the NSW Minister for Education and Training after the next Board...

Something will be said about it at the HSC examiner's day (Mason Theatre at Macquarie University, 8:45am-3:55pm, Feb. 28)

By dividing the equation by 7 and then using the <a href="http://users.tpg.com.au/nanahcub/cubic.gif">cubic formula</a>, we find that the exact value of x is \sqrt[3]{\frac{-15436}{9261}+\sqrt{\frac{59957}{21609}}}+\sqrt[3]{\frac{-15436}{9261}-\sqrt{\frac{59957}{21609}}}+\frac{5}{21}

Draft AAMT Submission: http://www.aamt.edu.au/content/download/11221/144628/file/AAMT_nat_curric_resp_DRAFT.pdf Send comments to feedback@aamt.edu.au for final submission due Feb 19, 2009.

For submissions to the NCB, send to feedback@ncb.org.au For submissions to the BOS, send to margaret.bigelow@bos.nsw.edu.au

This is incorrect. The Board of Studies never said that it was due for implementation in 2009 and first examined in 2010. The syllabus was due for implementation in 2010 and first examined in 2011. There is however a new delay happening due to complaints from teachers. The delay may be such...

We can speculate as much as we want, but if you are asking me for advice I suggest that we wait for the outcome of the Feb. 17 meeting.

As you point out these are not the new syllabuses. They are only the drafts which were released several months ago. If you care to look at previous posts in this thread you will also discover several submissions pertaining to these drafts. In 2000 the final syllabus for General Mathematics was...

Specifically the meeting is on February 17. It was supposed to be for implementation in 2010 and was supposed to be released December 2008 but has not been released yet. There is a rule that syllabuses should be in schools at least 1 year before implementation. Term 1 2010 is supposed to...

Official notice from the Board of Studies (from Dec. 19, 2008) is as follows: The Stage 6 Mathematics syllabuses are nearing finalisation following feedback on the consultation drafts distributed earlier this year. In light of the work being undertaken by the National Curriculum Board to...

Now that the National Curriculum Board's role has been extended to include assessment and reporting, in writing submissions (due Feb 28, 2009) for the <a href="http://www.ncb.org.au/verve/_resources/National_Mathematics_Curriculum_-_Framing_Paper.pdf">National Mathematics Curriculum Framing...

Good. So it will be delayed. The Board of Studies was advised to delay it and they tried to ignore this advice - until the Minister told them to delay it. In any case if the documents are released after January 27, 2009, implementation would have to be delayed anyway.

On the other hand, many head maths teachers are complaining that if the Board of Studies syllabus is due for implementation in 2010 and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority's syllabus is due for implementation in 2011, then all maths departments in NSW will have to...

It's supposed to be December 2008. But they really have till Jan. 27, 2009 to release it to comply with the rule about having a syllabus in schools 1 year before implementation.

So who will get the T.G. Room medal? Everyone agrees that Sen Lin should get it because he came equal first in Ext. 1 and 2. But technically, the T.G. Room is only based on Ext. 2, not Ext. 1, so most agree also that Matthew Menzies should get it too despite not coming first in Ext. 1.

Well the syllabus hasn't been released yet, but if you go by the drafts, there was some dumbing down, as well as addition of some new things which some people said was too hard.

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I think it is a reaction by the philistines at the Board of Studies against the legacy of excellence of 4 unit maths.