FHSST-Maths: Worked Examples

[Sam Halliday]

Hi everyone,

just to remind you all again with the status on "Worked Examples". we  
are not considering the worked examples or exercises as a priority at  
the moment.

if you feel the need to add worked examples then *please* ensure that  
they are past paper (recent SA syllabus) questions and reference the  
year and question. all exercises should be either quick-fire  
questions (relevant to possible exam questions) or past paper style  
questions.

when it comes around to tidying up the worked examples sections...  
anything which isn't in a past paper will be discarded/relegated, and  
anything in the exercises section which isn't past paper style will  
also be discarded. there may be exceptions... but do not count on it.

basically we don't want to confuse the kids with too many different  
question styles and everyone knows past papers are the best way to  
improve your exam scores. i don't think we should assume that the  
schools can readily get their hands on past papers.

on a very related note... a task for a dormant SA based contributor  
would be to hunt out the last, say 5 years, of maths exams and  
transcribe the questions for us. that would enable us to increase the  
priority on worked examples and exercises! it'd be a major  
contribution for the maths book and it needs to be done one day.

anyone willing to take on that task? you don't even need to be  
proficient at LaTeX as we now have people to convert from any document.

this doesn't effect the use of examples in the main text to explain  
concepts... they should still be relevant (and understandable!) by  
the audience and in the contexts described in the syllabus.

cheers,
Sam
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