QCF262 Mathematics Skills 2

Unit Outline: College 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

Studying mathematics assists you in building the knowledge, skills and confidence for further academic studies and effective participation in the community. QCF262 Mathematics Skills 2 builds on QCF214 by providing learning opportunities that focus on: practising essential mathematical routines to develop procedural fluency, investigating scenarios, modelling the real world, solving problems and explaining reasoning. Through helping you to develop a mathematical mindset this unit highlights the relevance of mathematics in your daily life and the broader community.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Select, recall and use facts, rules, definitions and procedures by performing calculations with and without technology (CLO1)
2. Comprehend mathematical concepts and techniques (CLO1)
3. Communicate using mathematical and statistical terminology, symbols and conventions (CLO3)
4. Solve problems by applying mathematical concepts and techniques (CLO2)
5. Evaluate solutions by interpreting mathematical results in the context of the situation (CLO2)
6. Justify procedures and decisions by explaining mathematical reasoning (CLO2)

Content

Learning Approaches

In QCF262 Mathematics Skills 2 you will learn through a problem-based approach and skill development tasks. The unit uses an approach to problem solving and mathematical modelling which moves through the following stages:
1. Formulate
2. Solve
3. Evaluate and verify
4. Communicate

This approach assists you to develop an ability to transfer mathematical skills and ideas between different contexts. In addition, there is a focus on discussion, collaboration and reflection of ideas.

Technology is used in this unit to make connections between mathematical theory, practice and application to improve your conceptual understanding.

This unit combines explicit teaching of mathematical rules, definitions and procedures with learning opportunities in which you must apply the knowledge and skills. The learning experiences in this unit rely on mathematical tasks drawn from a variety of real world situations. These opportunities encourage you to recognise the usefulness of mathematics through its application.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
• Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
• Formal: in writing, such as checklists, rubrics, written commentary
• Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
• Indirect: to the whole class

Assessment

Overview

QCF262 Mathematics Skills 2 has three summative assessments: an assignment and two examinations. Formative assessment will support your learning by giving you an opportunity to practice tasks in class and learn from feedback before completing them for marking purposes. 

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Mid-Semester Examination

This examination will assess your knowledge of the concepts taught in the first part of the unit.

• In Part A you will demonstrate your knowledge of procedures by showing detailing working for short response questions. These questions will test your ability to follow routine skills and procedures.
• In Part B your ability to solve non-routine tasks, usually in real-life contexts, will also be assessed through short response questions.

Assessment: Problem solving assignment

In this assignment you will write a mathematical report using knowledge and skills learned in the unit. Your report will include an analysis of relationships, using both mathematical language and visual aids, and discuss the real-life applications of your findings. You will have an individual data set to use for calculations and analysis

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Final Examination

This examination will assess your knowledge of the concepts taught in the second part of the unit.

• In Part A you will demonstrate your knowledge of procedures by showing detailing working for short response questions. These questions will test your ability to follow routine skills and procedures.
• In Part B your ability to solve non-routine tasks, usually in real-life contexts, will also be assessed through short response questions.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Course Learning Outcomes

QC18 University Preparation Program

1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills that are fundamental to academic studies across a range of discipline areas.
   Relates to: Mid-Semester Examination, Problem solving assignment, Final Examination
2. Apply critical, creative and analytical thinking and effective problem solving in a range of contexts
   Relates to: Mid-Semester Examination, Problem solving assignment, Final Examination