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Banning of acceleration of methods
« on: July 02, 2009, 09:27:01 pm »
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hey all
do you guys know of other schools who have stopped and/or still allow the acceleration of Maths Methods CAS 1-4 for year 10 -11 students?
My school stopped it and students (future year 10s) are outraged with this decision. Are schools across the state banning this or is it just my school?

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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2009, 09:28:16 pm »
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Quote from: methodsboy on July 02, 2009, 09:27:01 pm
hey all
do you guys know of other schools who have stopped and/or still allow the acceleration of Maths Methods CAS 1-4 for year 10 -11 students?
My school stopped it and students (future year 10s) are outraged with this decision. Are schools across the state banning this or is it just my school?

Thanks


I'm pretty sure many schools haven't allowed it in the first place. For one, MHS has never allowed it.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009, 09:36:17 pm »
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Sorry for off topic post, but what is acceleration of Maths Methods? Is it just year 11 students doing 3/4 methods?
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2009, 09:38:52 pm »
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Quote from: TrueTears on July 02, 2009, 09:36:17 pm
Sorry for off topic post, but what is acceleration of Maths Methods? Is it just year 11 students doing 3/4 methods?
yeah.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2009, 09:47:31 pm »
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trust me, its not banned. Just send a letter to the school and they'll let ur sis do it.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2009, 09:54:40 pm »
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Quote from: kurrymuncher on July 02, 2009, 09:47:31 pm
trust me, its not banned. Just send a letter to the school and they'll let ur sis do it.
yeah but payne said that their banning it. i will write the letter to the HOF.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2009, 09:56:11 pm »
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Our school still does it.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2009, 11:59:56 pm »
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As does mine. 
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2009, 12:15:20 am »
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Mine too.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2009, 12:40:33 am »
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they tried to convince me u couldn't accelerate in english, only in literature, i proved em wrong 
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2009, 03:16:50 am »
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Our school still allows it and has just stuck to the same system for a decade.
Perform in the top 20 in the year 9 maths exam and you get to do methods 1/2 in year 10 if you wish.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2009, 11:26:16 am »
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Quote from: dekoyl on July 03, 2009, 03:16:50 am
Our school still allows it and has just stuck to the same system for a decade.
Perform in the top 20 in the year 9 maths exam and you get to do methods 1/2 in year 10 if you wish.

My school adopts a similar policy to yours.  My school looks at your year nine Maths result (in particular the end of year exam) and if you're one of the top students, the school will approach you and ask you if you're interested in accelerating.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2009, 11:30:32 am »
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At my school, the teacher starts picking out potential candidates at the start of the year, usually based on the first test. The teacher will usually give year 10 tests and exercises to these students throughout the year.  A "B" is required on the Year 10 exam as is straight "A"s across the year 9 topics.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2009, 11:36:19 am »
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For us, if you were good at the first half of maths in year 7, you went on to do year 8 maths in the second half.
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Re: Banning of acceleration of methods
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2009, 12:41:14 pm »
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Quote from: mark_alec on July 03, 2009, 11:36:19 am
For us, if you were good at the first half of maths in year 7, you went on to do year 8 maths in the second half.

If they introduce accelerated maths too early isn't there risk that those who develop a bit later will miss out and fall further behind?
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