Final objectives of the third grade of mainstream secondary education - KSO

MATHEMATICS

1 General final objectives

The pupils are able to:

1 analyse mathematical information, represent it in diagrams and structure it;

2 make use of mathematical techniques such as drawing figures and tables;

3 use ICT in a practical way to solve problems;

4 when solving a question:

  • distinguish relevant information from irrelevant information;
  • interrelate the information and the question;
  • represent the information and the question in an appropriate mathematical model;
  • work out the question methodically;

5 correctly use and apply mathematical rules and conventions;

6 explain choices regarding methods of representation and the procedures used;

7 give examples of the use of mathematics in other subject areas and in society.

The pupils:

8 * are critical about the results produced;

9 * are prepared to modify their learning process on the basis of reflecting about the way in which they solve mathematical problems and acquire and process mathematical information.

2  Realistic functions and algebra

The pupils are able to:

10 read off the characteristics of graphs, if necessary, supplemented with tables, such as periodicity, symmetries, increases, decreases, extremal values, linear and exponential growth;

11 draw graphs of a number of simple functions (also with the use of ICT);

12 describe changes and compare with the help of difference quotients;

13 solve problems in which a functional relationship has been indicated, and interpret that solution (if necessary, with the help of ICT).

3 Statistics

The pupils are able to:

14 explain the importance of the representative character of a random sample to formulate statistical conclusions about the population, with the use of examples;

15 calculate the mean and the standard deviation of statistical data, using ICT;

16 use the mean and the standard deviation as characteristics of a normal distribution.

The pupils:

17 * are critical about the use of statistics in the media.


Attitudes have been indicated by* in the margin, for checking by the inspectorate.

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