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TYOFZIMBABWE
CENTREFORTEACHEREDUCATI ONANDMATERI
ALSDEVELOPMENT
MUTARETEACHERSCOLLEGE
DIPLOMAINEDUCATI
ON( SECONDARY)
APPLIEDMATHEMATICSSYLLABUS
POST‘O’LEVEL

1.
0 PREAMBLE

Thissy l
l
abusisdesi gnedf orst udent spur sui ngat wo-yearPost‘ O’Level
Mat hemati
cspre-ser vi
ceDi pl
omai nEducat i
onf oll
owinga3- 3-
3model .Itseeks
todev el
opteacherswhocant eachAppl iedMat hematicscompet entl
yat
secondaryschool l
ev el.Thecour sei sanAppl iedMat hemat icscour se,taken
togetherwi
ththePur eMat hemat icscour se.Thecour sei nt
endst oproducea
Mat hemati
csteacherwhounder st ands,int erpr etsandadapt ivetotheev er-
changingeducati
onal andeconomi cenvironment .Thecour seaddr essest he
secondaryschool compet encebasedcur r i
cul um aswel l
ascont empor aryissues
suchasESDanddi sast erawar eness.I ssuesr el ati
ngtoentrepr eneurship,
i
nnov ati
onandcr eativi
tywi llberef lect
edt hroughpr oblem sol v
ing.Thecont ent
coveredwillbeupt of i
rsty earuni versi
tyl ev el
.

2.
0. AI
MS

Thecour
seai mst o:
2.
1exposest udentteacherstoawi der angeofexper i
enceinAppl
ied
Mathematics;
2.
2developMat hemat i
csteacherswhoappr eciatetheval
ueofanintel
l
ectual
masteryofPr obabil
it
yandSt ati
sticsconcept s;
2.
3producecompet entMathematicst eacherswhounder st
andhowchi l
dren
acqui
r eanddev elopAppliedMathemat i
calconcepts;
2.
4producest udentteacherswhopl acemor eemphasi sont hepr
ocessrather
t
han
thepr oductintheteachingandl earni
ngofAppl i
edMathemat ics;
2.5produceMat hemat i
csteacherst hatcanint
egrateI
.C.
Tint het eachingand
learningofAppliedMat hemat i
cs;
2.6t opr oduceamat hemat i
csteacherwhocanpr omotecrit
icalthinking,
creati
vityand problem solvingski
ll
sthatcanbeappl iedi nreall
if
e
si
tuations;
2.
7Todev el
opinmat hemat i
csteacher ssci
enti
fi
cpracti
calskil
ls,accuracy,
objecti
vity,i
ntegr
it
yandt eamwor k;

1
 2.9Toproduceteacherswhocanrelatesci
ent
if
icandmathemati
cal
pract
icesto
sustai
nableuseofandext r
act
ionfr
om ournati
onalher
it
age;and
3.0Todevelopinteacher
sanappreciati
onoft
heroleofAppl
i
edMathematicsas
at ool
forresear
ch.

3.
0 OBJECTI VES
Studentt
eacher
sshoul
dbeabl
eto:

3.
1demonst r
ateanunder st andingoff undament alMat hemati
cal concept s,
met hodsandpr ocesses;
3.
3demonst rateanunder standi ngofandski l
li
nt heuseofMat hemat i
cal
l
anguagef orcommuni catingi deas;
3.
4r elateMat hemat icst or eal l
ifesituati
ons;
3.
5di splaylogical t
hinki ngi nsol vingMat hemat i
cal pr
oblems;
3.
6showt heinterrelat i
onshi pbet weenv ariousbr anchesofMat hemat ics;
3.
7di splayskillinthemaki nganduseofMat hemat i
calmodelsi nt hesol uti
onof
problems;
3.
10ev al
uatecr it
icallyschool textbooksast heyuset hem asr esour ces;
3.
11copewi t
hnewi deasi nMat hemat i
cs;
3.
12usel earner-cent eredappr oaches;
3.
13showanunder standingoft hecurrentt hemesi nMat hemat icalpedagogi cs
throughanappl icat i
onoft hesei nthet eachingandl earni
ngoft hesubj ect;
3.
14i ntegrateI.C.T.int het eachi ngandl earningofAppl i
edMat hemat i
cs; and
3.
15appl ymat hemat icalmodel l
ingi naddressingenv ir
onment al issues.

4.
0 CONTENT

4.
1STATI
STI
CSANDPROBABI
LITYTHEORY

1.
4. 1I
NTRODUCTI
ONTOSTATI
STI
CS-Fi
rsty
eart
erm1
4.2.
1.1.
1 Nat ureandi mportanceofst ati
sti
cs;
defi
niti
onof
t
erms
4.1.
1.2 Stat
istical i
nv est
igationi ngeneral
;
4.1.
1.3Typesandcl assif
icati
onofdat a
4.1.
1.4Represent ationofdat a: tabl
es,di
agramsandgr aphs
4.1.
1.5Sampl i
ngt echniques; random andnonr andom.
4.1.
1.6Int
erpretationofdat a
4.1.
1.7Measur ementscal es: nomi nal
,ordi
nal,
int
ervalandr
ati
oscal
es.
4.
1.1.
8 Appli
cat ionsofst atisti
cs

2
4.
1.2DESCRI
PTI
VESTATI
STI
CS.-
Fir
sty
eart
erm1

4.1.2.
1Di screteandCont i
nuousfrequencydistri
buti
ons
4.1.2.
2Cumul ati
vefrequencydistribut
ions
4.1.2.
3Measur esofcent ralt
endency :
mean, mode, medianandt heir
appl
i
cati
ons
4.1.2.
4Measur esofdi spersi
onandt heirappli
cati
ons:r
ange, quart
iles,
percenti
l
es, var
ianceandst andarddev i
ation
4.1.2.
5Di agramsandgr aphs:hi
stograms, f
requencypolygons,ogive,
stem andl eaf
, boxandwhi skerplots,pi
echarts,
barchar ts-
drawingandinter pr
etat
ion

4.
2.1.
3PROBABI
LIYTHEORY-Fi
rsty
eart
erm2

4.
1.3.
1Int
uit
iveandformal probability
4.
1.3.
2Thelanguageofpr obabi l
it
yt heor
y
4.
1.3.
3Addit
ionandmul ti
plicationlaws;condit
ionalpr
obabil
it
y ,
Baye’
sTheorem
4.
1.3.
4Aidstocounti
nginf indingpr obabi
li
ti
es:permutat
ionsand
combinati
ons,venndi agrams, tr
eediagrams,andtables

4.
1.4PROBABI
LITYDI
STRI ONS-
BUTI Fi
rsty
eart
erm2

4.
1.4.
1Discret
eandcont i
nuousrandom v ar
iables
4.
1.4.
2Probabil
it
ydistr
ibuti
onsanddensityfuncti
ons
4.
1.4.
3Distr
ibut
ionfuncti
ons
4.
1.4.
4Theconceptofmat hemati
calexpectati
ons
4.
1.4.
5Themeanorexpect edval
ueofar andom v ari
abl
eandpr
oper
ti
es
ofthemean
4.
1.4.
6Thev ari
anceofar andom var
iabl
eandi tsproper
ti
es

4.
1.5SPECI
ALDI
SCRETEDI
STRI ONS-Fi
BUTI rsty
eart
erm3

4.
1.5.
1Ber
noull
idi
str
ibut
ion:Natur
eandchar
act
eri
sti
cs
4.
1.5.
3TheBinomialdi
stri
but
ion,
4.
1.5.
4Unif
orm di
str
ibut
ion

3
 4.
1.5.
5Themeanandv ari
anceoft hebinomi aldi
str
ibuti
on
4.
1.5.
6Appli
cat i
onofthebi nomi al
distr
ibuti
ons
4.
1.5.
7Geomet r
icdist
ributi
on
4.
1.5.
8Themeanandv ari
anceoft hegeomet r
icdi
stri
buti
on
4.
1.5.
9ThePoi ssonDistri
bution
4.
1.5.
10Themeanandv ari
anceoft hePoissondistr
ibuti
on
4.1.
5.11Appl
icationofthePoi ssondistri
buti
on
4.1.
5.12Thesum oft woi ndependentPoissondistr
ibuti
ons

4.
1.6SPECI
ALCONTI
NUOUSDI
STRI ONS-Fi
BUTI rsty
eart
erm3

4.
1.6.
1 Ther ectangul aroruni form distri
bution
4.
1.6.
2 Theexponent i
al dist
ribution
4.
1.6.
3 Thenor mal distri
bution
4.
1.6.
4 Ori
gin,definiti
onandpr operti
es
4.
1.6.
5 Thestandar dizednor mal dist
ributionanduseoft abl
es
4.
1.6.
6Thenor mal approxi mat i
ont otheBi nomialandPoison
distr
ibuti
ons
4.
1.6.
7Thesums, di f
ferencesandmul t
ipl
esofi ndependentnor
mal
random v ariables
4.
1.6.
8 Fi
tti
nganor mal distr
ibutiontogi vendata

4.
1.7BI
VARIATEANALYSI S–TeachingPracti
ce+Assignment
4.1.
9.1Corr
elat
ionandregression
4.1.
9.2Scatt
erdiagr
amsandl inesofbestf
it
4.1.
9.3Covari
ance
4.1.
9.4Corr
elat
ioncoeff
ici
ent

4.
1.8TIMESERIES–Teachi ngpr acti
ce+assi gnment
4.2.
1.10.
1Component soft i
meser ies;trend,cycli
c,seasonal andirregular
.
4.2.
1.10.
3Mov ingav erages, seasonal f
luctuati
ons, seasonalv ar
iat
ion
4.1.
9SAMPLI NGDI STRIBUTI ONSANDESTI MATI ONTHEORY-Thi rdyearter
m1
4.1.7.
1Sampl i
ngdi stri
but i
ons
4.1.7.
2Thesampl i
ngdi stri
but i
onoft hemean, vari
anceandpr oportion
4.1.7.
3Thecent ralli
mi ttheorem
4.1.7.
4Est i
mat ionandunbi asedest imat esofthemean, vari
anceand
propor tion
4.1.7.
5Poi ntest i
mat i
on
4.1.7.
6Intervalestimat ion
4.1.7.
7Conf idencei nterval
s

4
4.
1.8HYPOTHESI NG–Thi
STESTI r
dy eart erm2
4.1.
8.1Theconceptofhy pot hesistest i
ng
4.1.
8.2 Paramet ri
ctests
4.1.
8.3 Theconceptofhy pot hesistest i
ng
4.1.
8.4 Test
inghy pothesisaboutt hemean
4.1.
8.5 Test
inghy pothesisaboutt hedi fferenceoftwomeans
4.1.
8.6 Test
inghy pothesisaboutpr oportions
4.1.
8.7 Non-Parametrictest s
4.1.
8.8 TheChi -
SquareDi stributi
on
Ori
ginanddef i
nitionoft hechi -squar edi
str
ibut
ion
Obser v
edandexpect edf requenci es
Testsforindependence
Testsforgoodnessoff i
t
REVI
SIONANDEXAMI NATIONS-Thi r
dYearTer m3

4.
2MECHANI
CS
4.
2.1KI
NEMATI CS, Mot i
onofbodiesinast raightli
ne–Fi rsty eart
erm1
4.
2.1.
1Distanceandspeedasscal arquant i
ti
es
4.
2.1.
2Displacement,vel
ocityandaccel erati
onasv ectorquant
it
ies
4.
2.2.
1.3Equationsofmotionwi t
hconst antaccelerati
on
4.
2.2.
1.4Verti
cal mot
ionundergrav i
ty-freefallundergr avi
ty
4.
2.2.
1.5Sketchingandint
erpreti
ng( t
,v)and( t
,x)graphs

4.
2.2 FORCESANDEQUI LIBRIUM -Firsty eart
erm1
4.2.
2.1Vectorquanti
ti
es.Additionandsubt racti
onofv ectors
4.2.
2.2Typesofforces,weight,nor malr
eaction,t
ensionandf r
ict
ion
4.2.
2.3Combi nat
ion,
resoluti
on, tr
iangl
eandpol ygonoff orces
4.2.
2.4Conditi
onsforequili
bri
um ofpar ticl
esandr i
gidbodi esunder
acti
onofCopl anarfor
ces
4.
2.3NEWTON’ SLAWSOFMOTI ON-Fi rstyearterm2
4.2.
3.1Motionofconnect edparti
cles

4.
2.3.
2Useof f
ornon-
uni
for
m accel
erat
ion

4.2.
3.3Li
nearmoti
onunderv ariabl
eforce
4.
2.4MOTIONINAPLANE–Fi rstyearter
m2
4.
2.5.
1Framesofreference
4.
2.5.
2Relati
vevel
ocit
yandpat h
4.
2.5.
3Project
il
es(
horizontal
plane),moti
oni
n2di
mensi
ons

5
 4.
2.5WORK,POWER, ENERGYANDMOMENTUM-Fi r
stYearTer
m3
4.
2.2.
4.1Work,power,
energyandef
fi
ciency
4.
2.2.
4.2I
mpulse,momentum andimpact
4.
2.2.
4.3El
asti
cit
y,Hooke’
slaw

4.
2.6 CENTREOFGRAVITY–ThirdYearTer
m1
Moments,
coupl
esandcent
erofmass(gr
avi
ty)

4.
2.7CI
RCULARMOTI
ONANDSI
MPLEHARMONI
CMOTI
ON–Thi
rdy
eart
erm2

4.
2.6.
1Unif
orm mot ioninaci
rcl
e;accel
erati
on,vel
ocit
yandt ensi
on
instri
ngs,bankedt r
acks
4.
2.6.
2Theconical pendul
um
4.
2.6.
3Si
mpl ehar monicmoti
oninast r
aightl
inecondi
tionsofsimpl
e
Harmoni cmot i
on.
4.
2.6.
4Peri
od,frequencyandamplit
ude
REVI
SIONANDEXAMI
NATI
ONS-Thi
rdYearTer
m3

5.
0 LEARNI NGAPPROACHES/ STRATEGIES
5.
1 Lect ures
5.
2 I ndividual study
5.
3 Co- oper ati
vel earningingroupsandpair
s
5.
4 Mi crot eaching
5.
5 Peert eachi ng
5.
6 I ndividual andgr ouptasksandassignment
s
5.
7 Test sandexer cises
5.
8 Resear chst udies
5.
9 Fi eldt r
ips
5.
10Resour ceper sons
5.
11Casest udi es
5.
12Onl ineandDi st anceLearning
5.
13Gui deddi scov erylear
ning

6.
0 ASSESSMENT:
Student
swi l
lbeassessedinAppl i
edMat hemat ics(
Stati
sti
cs&Probabi
l
ityand
Mechanics).
6.
1.0 COURSEWORK:Wei ghti
ng:50%
6.
1.1Cour seworkisbasedonf inalyearassessmentasf ol
lows:
2Mechani cstests (30%)
2Probabili
tyandSt at
isti
cstests(30%)
6.
1.21Di stanceAssignmentf rom Appli
edMat hemati
cs.(20%)
6.
1.3Grouppr ojectwhichbeginsinfir
styear( 20%)

6.
2.0.EXAMI
NATION:Wei
ght
ing:50%
6.2.
1Appl
iedMat
hemati
cs:Paper1-Mechani
cs,(
3hour
s)

6
 Paper2-St
ati
sti
csandPr
obabi
l
ityTheor
y(3hour
s)
6.
3.0OVERALLWEIGHTING
Candi
dat
epassesi
ftheav
eragemar
koft
heexami
nat
ionandcour
sewor
kisatl
east50%