The Evil Mathologer is out of town and the Evil Teacher is behind on sending us our summer homework. So, we have time for some thumping and we’ll begin with the Crap Australian Curriculum Competition. (Readers are free to decide whether it’s the curriculum or the competition that is crap.) The competition is simple:
- Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Curriculum
- Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Grade 8
- Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Topics
- Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Standards
Find the single worst line in the Australian Mathematics Curriculum.
- ©School Curriculum and Standards Authority 2013 Based on Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials ( v5.0 May 2013) TRIM: 2013/36016 Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Number and algebra Number and place value Fractions and decimals Real numbers.
- Mathematics provides opportunities to explore aspects of Australian Indigenous knowing in connection to, and with guidance from, the communities who own them. Using a respectful inquiry approach, students have the opportunity to explore mathematical concepts in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles including knowledge of number.
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You can choose from either the K-10 Curriculum or the Senior Curriculum, and your line can be from the elaborations or the “general capabilities” or the “cross-curriculum priorities” or the glossary, anywhere. You can also refer to other parts of the Curriculum to indicate the awfulness of your chosen line, as long as the awfulness is specific. (“Worst line” does not equate to “worst aspect”, and of course the many sins of omission cannot be easily addressed.)
Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Curriculum
The (obviously subjective) “winner” will receive a signed copy of the Dingo book, pictured above. Prizes of the Evil Mathologer’s QED will also be awarded as the judges see fit.
Happy crap-hunting.
In-Text Citations
Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Grade 8
In-Text Citations (first time)
| Rule | The Author is the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, followed by Acronym in square brackets [VCCA], and year of publication. |
| Example | (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCCA], 2020) |
Second and subsequent times
| Rule | The Author is the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority but is abbreviated (VCCA) and year of publication. If quoting directly then add the page number. |
| Example | (VCCA, 2020, p. 6) |
Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Topics
Reference Lists
Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Standards
| Format | Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of publication (Report number if available). URL or publisher information |
| Example | Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCCA]. (2017). My School: St Kilda Primary School profile(2016). https://myschool.edu.au/school/44292 Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCCA]. (2016). National Assessment Program: Example questions Year 3/5. https://www.nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/examplequestions-years-3-and-5.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCCA]. (2017). National Assessment Program: National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (National report for 2017). http://www.nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/naplan-national-report-2017_final_04dec2017.pdf?sfvrsn=0 |