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CfE Higher – The Highlights

Michael Atkinson

Seeing the Jigsaw

Key Moves

Additions

Deletions

Changing Standard

Seeing the Jigsaw

Trigonometric Equations

Functions and Graphs

Exponentials and Logarithms

Area Between Curves

BasicIntegration

OptimisationBasic Differentiation

Straight Line Quadratics and Polynomials 3D Vectors

Further Calculus

Trig Formulae

Recurrence Relations Circles Wave Function

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Trigonometric Equations

Functions and Graphs

Exponentials and Logarithms

Area Between Curves

BasicIntegration

OptimisationBasic Differentiation

Straight Line Quadratics and Polynomials 3D Vectors

Further Calculus

Trig Formulae

Recurrence Relations Circles Wave Function

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Relationships and Calculus

Expressions and Functions Applications

Optimisation

Basic Integration

Trigonometric Equations

Straight LineQuadratics and Polynomials

3D Vectors

Area Between Curves

Further Calculus

BasicDifferentiation

Trig Formulae

Exponentials and Logarithms

Recurrence Relations

Circles

Wave Function

Functions and Graphs

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Relationships and Calculus

Expressions and Functions Applications

Optimisation

Basic Integration

Trigonometric Equations

Straight LineQuadratics and Polynomials

3D Vectors

Area Between Curves

Further Calculus

BasicDifferentiation

Trig Formulae

Exponentials and Logarithms

Recurrence Relations

Circles

Wave Function

Functions and Graphs

Expressions and Functions

Relationships and Calculus

Applications

Optimisation

Basic Integration

Trigonometric Equations

Straight LineQuadratics and Polynomials

3D Vectors

Area Between Curves

Further Calculus

BasicDifferentiation

Trig Formulae

Exponentials and Logarithms

Recurrence Relations

Circles

Wave Function

Functions and Graphs

Expressions and Functions

Relationships and Calculus

Applications

Unit 2Unit 1 Unit 3

Seeing the Jigsaw

Key Moves

Key Moves

• Calculus and Relationships Unit• Optimisation • Area between curves/lines• Straight Line, Circles and

Recurrence Relations

Changes to course assessment spec• Domain and range• Determining f-1(x)• Quadratic inequalities • Exponentials and logarithms

(including modelling and calculating coefficients)

• Set theory notation• Non-linear simultaneous

equations

Key Moves

Additions

Additions

• No new content• High profile reasoning:– Interpretation– Selecting a strategy– Explaining a solution – Relating a solution to its context

• One more mark required

Additions

Deletions

Deletions

• Basic equation of a straight line• Completing the square

Deletions

Changing Standard

Changing Standard

• Non-calculator paper: – 60 marks in 70 minutes

• Calculator paper: – 70 marks in 90 minutes

• No objective test questions• Short and extended responses• One more mark!

Changing Standard

Seeing the Jigsaw

Key Moves

Additions

Deletions

Changing Standard

Acknowledgements

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CfE Higher – The Highlights

Michael Atkinson