This second edition of Essential Mathematics for the Victorian Curriculum now addresses the needs of a wider range of students, provides even greater assistance for teachers and offers a new level of digital support.
The Online Teaching Suite combines the Interactive Textbook powered by Cambridge HOTmaths and its rich digital resources with a suite of supplementary resources and a powerful Learning Management System (LMS). It is accessed through a Cambridge GO teacher account.
Additional online support includes:
full access to the Interactive Textbook powered by Cambridge HOTmaths
access to student ‘Workspaces’ and self-assessment allows teachers to monitor work easily and view working-out, while providing students with the opportunity to alert them to problems with specific questions
digital worked solutions are provided with all student textbooks, and teachers may choose to make these available to their students or restrict them to suit the needs of their class
a simple task manager and a new ‘directed tasks’ function allows teachers to set specific activity sequences to groups or individuals, and apply achievement benchmarks that redirect students on the path appropriate to their results, supporting differentiation in the classroom
quickly create customised tests from a large bank of questions. Tests can be printed or assigned online for auto-marking, and are suitable for assessment, homework tasks, practice quizzes and trial exams. The Test Generator comes with a set of ready-made tests, and teachers can also share their customised tests with other teachers in the school, building a whole-school assessment bank
the Online Teaching Suite records student self-assessment scores on all exercises, including end-of-chapter reviews and their scores on Quick quizzes. Reports on individual and class progress are available for download. Data from student Interactive Textbooks will directly feed to the Online Teaching Suite
Pre-tests, Progress quizzes, extended-response activities and more will now also be available as downloadable worksheets
comprehensive, editable teaching programs and curriculum grids are all available in the Online Teaching Suite.
Online Teaching Suite
The Online Teaching Suite combines the Interactive Textbook powered by HOTmaths with its rich digital resources, a suite of supplementary resources and a powerful Learning Management System (LMS). It is accessed online through the series portal. Your Cambridge Education Resource Consultant will provide access to the Online Teaching Suite if your school has purchased or booklisted one or more Cambridge courses. The Online Teaching Suite is also available for purchase separately and can be activated using the unique 16-character access code supplied on purchase.
The Online Teaching Suite is available as a calendar-year subscription. A calendar-year subscription is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December this year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December the following year.
About the authors Introduction and guide to this resource Acknowledgements Working with unfamiliar problems
1 Whole numbers 2 Geometry 3 Number properties and patterns 4 Fractions and percentages 5 Algebra 6 Decimals Semester review 1 7 Negative numbers 8 Statistics and probability 9 Polygons, solids and transformations 10 Equations 11 Measurement Semester review 2 12 Algorithmic thinking
Index Answers
This second edition of Essential Mathematics for the Victorian Curriculum now addresses the needs of a wider range of students, provides even greater assistance for teachers and offers a new level of digital support.
David Greenwood is the Head of Mathematics at Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne and has 30+ years teaching mathematics from Year 7 to 12. He is the lead author for the Cambridge Essential series and has authored more than 80 titles for the Australian Curriculum and for the syllabuses of the states and territories. He specialises in analysing curriculum and the sequencing of course content for school mathematics courses. He also has an interest in the use of technology for the teaching of mathematics.
Bryn Humberstone
Bryn Humberstone graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Honours degree in Pure Mathematics, and has 20+ years' experience teaching secondary school mathematics. He has been a Head of Mathematics since 2014 at two independent schools in Victoria. Bryn is passionate about applying the science of learning to teaching and curriculum design, to maximise the chances of student success.
Justin Robinson
Justin Robinson is Co-Founder of The Wellbeing Distillery, an organisation committed to energising, equipping and empowering teachers. He consults with schools globally on the fields of student and educator wellbeing. Prior to this, Justin spent 25 years teaching mathematics, covering all levels of secondary education including teaching VCE, IB and A-Levels. His driving passion was engaging and challenging students within a safe learning environment. Justin is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education.
Jenny Goodman
Jenny Goodman has taught in schools for over 28 years and is currently teaching at a selective high school in Sydney. Jenny has an interest in the importance of literacy in mathematics education, and in teaching students of differing ability levels. She was awarded the Jones Medal for education at Sydney University and the Bourke Prize for Mathematics. She has written for CambridgeMATHS NSW and was involved in the Spectrum and Spectrum Gold series.
Jennifer Vaughan
Jennifer Vaughan has taught secondary mathematics for over 30 years in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland and New Zealand and has tutored and lectured in mathematics at Queensland University of Technology. She is passionate about providing students of all ability levels with opportunities to understand and to have success in using mathematics. She has extensive experience in developing resources that make mathematical concepts more accessible, to develop student confidence, achievement and an enjoyment of maths.
Stuart Palmer
Stuart Palmer is a fully qualified high school mathematics teacher with more than 25 years’ experience teaching students from all walks of life in a variety of schools. He has been Head of Mathematics in two schools. He is very well known by teachers throughout the state for the professional learning workshops he delivers. Stuart also assists thousands of Year 12 students every year as they prepare for their HSC Examinations. At the University of Sydney, Stuart spent more than a decade running tutorials for pre-service mathematics teachers.
