Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum 7-10 4e

A proven teaching and learning formula – now with powerful diagnostic capabilities.

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Publishing 2023

For the Australian Curriculum v9.0

Author Team

David Greenwood | Bryn Humberstone | Sara Woolley | Justin Robinson | Jenny Goodman | Jennifer Vaughan  |  Stuart Palmer

Student Success - Delivering essential maths skills for every student

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Accessible, logical, and comprehensive coverage of the new v9.0 Australian Curriculum

New content is introduced in the logical and sequential way you expect from Essential Mathematics to encourage deep understanding.

Students are supported through the curriculum with carefully graded questions, linked examples and investigations in an uncluttered layout.

New computational thinking activities to solve a range of problems

A new technology and computational thinking activity per chapter explores a range of problems linked to the content, and addresses the strengthened focus on computational thinking, algorithms and simulations in the new curriculum.

These activities ask students to use a computational approach to solving problems, using algorithms, simulations, flowcharts and pseudocode in conjunction with a range of technology such as spreadsheets, Desmos, and CAS calculators.

Real-world maths opportunities

Modelling activities, Investigations, Applications and Problem-solving tasks in every chapter provide opportunities for students to apply and consolidate their learning through scaffolded and open-ended tasks, and to understand how modelling and problem-solving skills can be transferred to real-world scenarios.

Exceptional integrated digital resources that truly enhance maths learning

Ongoing enhancements on the Cambridge HOTmaths platform ensure students always have access to the best learning experience using digital resources that complement and consolidate classroom teaching.

Teacher Support - Supporting your delivery of the new syllabus

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New diagnostic tool to help identify gaps in your students’ knowledge

Create your own family of tests for a designated unit of work from our large bank of questions.

Choose your questions from a Textbook view or Curriculum view. Cover one or more textbook lessons or content descriptors, and drill down to specific Mathematical Skills to see the course at a granular level.

Use the intuitive reports to identify gaps in knowledge.

Set the suggested follow-up work to help students improve their performance.

Let the system generate a post-test that matches the skills you have covered in your test family.

View students’ performance and growth, and export the data as needed.

Additional support for building core maths skills

New targeted skillsheets are included for every section and focus on a single skill or small set of closely-related skills. Each skillsheet includes between eight and ten questions, with a related worked example from the textbook listed for each question. One optional problem-solving question is also included.

Fluency questions have been restructured to give students more opportunities to embed core skills before attempting harder questions, ensuring a greater chance of success as the questions increase in complexity.

New projectable lesson summaries for each section

A NEW set of PowerPoint documents for classroom presentation include the Lesson Starter, Key Ideas, Building Understanding questions, Worked Examples and Now You Try questions for each section.

Teachers can use these presentations to guide lessons, focus students’ attention and promote class or group discussion before students work on exercise questions.

A trusted approach to meeting the requirements of the new Australian Curriculum

Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum Fourth Edition has been developed by the most experience and authoritative team of authors writing for the Australian Curriculum.

Carefully graded exercises and logical topic development allow for deep understanding of concepts and meet the needs of a wide range of abilities.

The well-known working programs (Foundation, Standard, Advanced) are carefully designed to ensure all students have some experience across understanding fluency, problem solving and reasoning questions, while content designated as “optional” in the curriculum fully prepares students heading into senior mathematics.

The Online Teaching Suite Powered by Cambridge Edjin

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The online version of the student text delivers a host of interactive features to enhance the teaching and learning experience, and when connected to a class teacher account offers a powerful Learning Management System.

Test generator: quickly create customised tests from a bank of multiple-choice questions. Tests are auto-marked in the Interactive Textbook or can be printed and used for homework or assessment practice.

Task Manager: direct students on a custom activity sequence based on their scores in measurable activities.

Diagnostic assessment tool: Easily build your own set of diagnostic tests to identify gaps in student knowledge. Set the suggested follow-up work and assign a system-generated post-test to measure growth.

Student workspace entries: review responses and red flags raised by students who are having difficulty. You can choose to give students access to answers for self-assessment.

Reporting tools: monitor student and class results on auto-marked questions, self-assessment scores and completion of tasks.

Downloadable chapter tests and answers are available for each chapter..

Teacher tips offer additional advice or suggestions for lessons and are indicated by an icon in the Online Teaching Suite.

Downloadable Investigations and other assessment tasks are available.

Downloadable, projectable lesson summaries are available for each section.

A curriculum grid, course planning and working program documents are provided for each year level.

Teachers can use downloadable skillsheets and worksheets for homework or in class

Worked solutions are available in the Online Teaching Suite and can be made available as pop-ups in the student Interactive Textbook.