SIT106 - Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Reinier Diaz Millan Trimester 3: Reinier Diaz Millan |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SCM103, SIT197, SIT198 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3 hour seminar per week.
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| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week. |
Content
The unit will consist of the following topics:
- the natural numbers, multiples, factors, prime numbers, divisibility tests, prime factorisation;
- rational and irrational numbers and their representations as fractions, decimals and percentages;
- the stages of a statistical investigation: posing the question, collecting the data, summarising, analysing and presenting the data; interpreting the results;
- techniques for carrying out statistical investigations;
- regular polygons; regular and homogeneous tessellations;
- an analysis of some of the work of MC Escher; creating Escher-type tessellations in the plane;
- the Platonic solids and their duals.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Use appropriate mathematical terminology and processes to describe and classify polygons and related concepts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Carry out appropriate computations and procedures to solve problems involving primes, fractions, decimals and statistics. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Describe important features and explain concepts relating to numbers and their representations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Critically review statistical reports and summaries which they will encounter professionally and in everyday life. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Online quizzes | Ten online quizzes including a combination of MCQ, multi-select and numerical response questions due for each topic. | 20% | Week following each topic |
| Assessment 2 Summative tests | Two 1-hour online tests. | 40% (2 x 20%) | Weeks 7 and 11 |
| Assessment 3 Portfolio | Two part collection of tasks across different topics involving investigations, structured worksheets, and an explanation of mathematical procedures. | 40% | Week 6 and 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT106 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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