The focus for this session will be Area of Study 3: Calculus.
The topics will include average rate of change, instantaneous rate of change, tangents and perpendicular lines, product, chain and quotient rules, graphs of derivative functions, the nature of stationary points and maximum and minimum problems.
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Allason McNamara is currently teaching senior mathematics at Trinity Grammar School Kew in Melbourne. Previously she has been Head of Mathematics at Mount Scopus Memorial College and a number of other independent schools. Allason has been a co-author of several mathematics textbooks and VCE Specialist Mathematics examinations, and the Chief Assessor for VCE Mathematical Methods for the VCAA (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority). She has been on a number of advisory committees for the VCAA and was part of the federal government’s Expert Advisory Panel for the Year 1 Literacy and Numeracy testing. Allason is on the Board of the National Mathematics Summer School (NMSS) and the Australian Maths Trust (AMT) and is a Past President of the Australian Association of Maths Teachers (AAMT). Allason is a Life Member and Past President and Treasurer of The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) and has done many presentations at the MAV conferences including keynote addresses. She is a actively involved with MAV, writing the MAV trial exams, lecturing to VCE students and teachers, and running state-wide Mathematics Games Days.
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