Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Level 13, Tower B, Centennial Plaza, 280 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.
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:
- This past month, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) began its review of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics to “refine, realign and declutter” the content. This was most likely due to Australia’s poor showing on recent international tests in mathematics.
- Year 4 Australian Curriculum: Mathematics achievement standard By the end of Year 4, students choose appropriate strategies for calculations involving multiplication and division. They recognise common equivalent fractions in.
Find the single worst line in the Australian Mathematics Curriculum.
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.)
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
In-Text Citations (first time)
Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Standards
| 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 Grade 8
Reference Lists
Acara Australian Curriculum Mathematics Curriculum
| 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 |