Foundation of Mathematics aims :

•    To further your knowledge of basic mathematics

•    To help you understand how increased subject knowledge underpins the teaching of mathematics;

•    To help you see how different areas of mathematics relate to each other and how this provides coherence and progression;

•    To help you understand how people, of all ages, learn mathematics;

•    To help you develop confidence in your own mathematics and to become more familiar with its language;

•    To help you appreciate the power of modern technology as a mathematical tool.

Learning Outcomes:

• Apply modern technology in an efficient manner to:

1.   execute a comprehensive range of arithmetic calculations, together with the ability to make sensible estimates and to employ a range of   techniques for checking the accuracy of results.
2.    manipulate elementary algebraic functions and draw their graphs.
3.  evaluate statistical functions and draw some statistical graphs.

• Represent statistical data pictorially, especially by drawing histograms and scattergrams from self-collected data.
• Calculate fundamental measures of central tendency and dispersion.
• Understand some basic principles of problem solving and investigations using a variety of methods and resources.
• Have an appreciation of some modern mathematics useful in today’s world.