GCSE Maths Edexcel
GCSE Maths specifications have been distributed across three different routes of imparting education by Edexcel:
Specification 1380
The Edexcel linear Maths specification 1380 offers a conventional linear approach with no coursework. The assessment is made through two terminal examination papers. Edexcel also provides for two tiers of entry for this subject: Foundation & Higher. While the first examination can be taken in summers (latest being summer '09), the final examination can be taken two years later in the month of November.
Key features
- Accessible assessment for all students
- Advice from subject specialists
- Professional development support days
- Support booklets covering all aspects of the examination, including ICT guide, schemes of work and content exemplification
- Prescribed textbooks and online resources
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Two Parallel Papers
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Foundation Tier (G-C)
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Paper І
Non-Calculator
1 hour 30 minutes
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Paper ІІ
Calculator allowed
1 hour 30 minutes
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Higher Tier (C-A*)
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Non-Calculator
1 hour 45 minutes
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Calculator allowed
1 hour 45 minutes
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Weighting
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50%
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50%
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Foundation Tier (Edexcel Maths Specification):
1) Using and Applying Number and Algebra
2) Numbers and the Number System
- a) Integers
- b) Powers and Roots
- c) Fractions
- d) Decimals
- e) Ratio
- f) Percentage
3) Calculations:
- a) Number operations and the relationships between them
- b) Mental methods
- c) Written methods
- d) Calculator methods
4) Solving Numerical Problems
5) Equations, Formulae and Identities
- a) Symbols
- b) Index Notations
- c) Equations
- d) Linear Equations
- e) Formulae
- f) Inequalities
- g) Numerical Methods
6) Sequences, Functions and Graphs
- a) Sequences
- b) Graphs of linear functions
- c) Gradients
- d) Interpretations from graphs
- e) Quadratic Equations
- Shape, space and measures
1) Using and Applying Shape, Space and Measures
2) Geometrical Reasoning
- a) Angles
- b) Properties of Triangle and other Rectilinear Shapes
- c) Properties of Circle
- d) 3-D Shapes
3) Transformations and Coordinates
- a) Specifying Transformations
- b) Properties of Transformations
- c) Coordinates
- d) Vectors
4) Measures and Construction
- a) Measures
- b) Construction
- c) Mensuration
- d) Loci
- 1) Using and Applying Handling Data
- 2) Specifying the Problem and Planning
- 3) Collecting Data
- 4) Processing and Representing Data
- 5) Interpreting and Discussing Results
Additional Courses in Higher Tier:
1) Equations, Formulae and Identities* (* implies extra syllabus from Foundation tier)
- a) Direct and Inverse proportion
- b) Simultaneous equations
- c) Simultaneous linear and quadratic equations
2) Sequences, Functions and Graphs
- a) Quadratic function
- b) Other functions
- c) Transformation of functions
Specification 2381
The modular Maths specification 2381 provides a flexible, modular route to GCSE Maths. Modular Maths provides formative as well as diagnostic feedback (from the modular tests) throughout the duration of a course and thus motivates student and enables teacher to identify weaknesses in students and their remedies. This specification comprises no coursework. External assessment comprises tests for Unit 1 (20%) and Unit 2 (30%), in addition to a terminal examination (50%).
Key features
- Flexibility through the unit tests
- Accessible assessment for all students
- Advice from subject specialists
- Professional development support days
- Support booklets on all aspects of the examination including ICT guide, schemes of work and content exemplification
- Endorsed textbooks and online resources
Unit and Stage tests can be taken on three occasions in one academic year in the months of June, September & November. For both Foundation level and Higher level, terminal examinations are held in months of June and November.
The course content remains almost the same as that of Specification 1380.
Statistics (1389)
Statistics (1389) offers choices to students in subjects related to Maths at Key Stage 4 and beyond. Primary objective of this course it to make students realize the role of accurate statistical representations, calculations, reasoning and interpretation in real lives. Course work and one written exam paper comprise the entire assessment.
This specification comprises the following subject content:
1) Planning and data collection
- a) Planning a line of enquiry or investigation
- b) Types of data
- c) Census and sample data
- d) Sampling techniques
- e) Collecting or obtaining data
2) Processing, representing and analyzing data
- a) Methods of tabulation
- b) Diagrams and similar forms of representation
- c) Measures of central tendency
- d) Measure of dispersion
- e) Summary statistics
- f) Scatter diagrams, correlation and regression
- g) Time series
- h) Quality assurance
- i) Estimation
3) Reasoning, interpreting and discussing results
- a) Inference and other reasoning
- b) Interpretation and conclusions
- c) Communication of reasoning
4) Probability
- a) Definitions and calculations
- b) Discrete probability distributions
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