Information about the HSC - Waverley College

Special
Requirements
Placement into courses will be determined by two Criteria Examinations
in conjunction with student performance throughout Year 10.
Prerequisites: The course is constructed on the assumption that students
have achieved the stage 5.3 outcomes.
The Mathematics Department orders “The Success One Past Paper
Booklet”. Students are expected to purchase this booklet. The cost is
charged to their school account.
Assessment /
Homework
Information
External Assessment
Two written examination papers. One paper is identical to the paper of three
hours duration for the Mathematics course. The other paper, of two hours
duration, is based on the Mathematics Extension 1 course and consists of
seven questions of equal value.
No more than the equivalent of two questions will be based on the
Preliminary course. Questions based on the Preliminary course can be
asked when they lead-in to questions based on topics from the HSC course.
Marks from these lead-in questions will not be counted in the two-question
allowance from the Preliminary course.
Board-approved calculators, geometrical instruments and approved
geometrical templates may be used.
Internal Assessment
Five Extension I Mathematics Assessment Tasks are to be completed.
Five Mathematics (2U) Assessment Tasks are to be completed.
The objectives of the course are grouped into two components. Component
A (70%) is primarily concerned with the student’s knowledge, understanding
and skills developed in each Content Area listed in the syllabus. Component
B (30%) is primarily concerned with the student’s reasoning, interpretative,
explanatory and communicative abilities. A number of tasks will be used to
determine a student’s school-based assessment and any one task may
contribute to measuring attainment of both components.
School assessment for the Mathematics Extension 1 course can be based
on the whole of the course (Preliminary and HSC courses). Assessment for
this course will not begin until Term 4 of Year 11).
Homework
Homework will be assigned on a daily basis - 40 - 60 minutes should be
spent completing the set homework and consolidating work.
The Higher School Certificate: Preliminary Courses 2012 Page 61
HSC Courses 2013