School of Mathematics and Statistics Te Kura Mātai Tatauranga

Mathematics Help Desk

Here are the office hours for individual staff, to be updated for trimester one.

Student learning maths drop-ins For any student who needs support with the mathematics in their course. All workshops are student-centred and problem-based. Students are encouraged to bring problems to work through. No booking needed: just turn up.

Trimester one is coming ... this trimester we are trialling running helpdesks at a constant time (12-2pm) they are now on zoom https://vuw.zoom.us/s/271435647

Time	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
100 level assign due			Engr 121	Math 132 Math 141	Math 151
200 level assign due			Math 244	Math 261	Math 212
9
10
11
12		Hub helpdesks (Now On Zoom)
1
2
3
4

Some differences between NCEA and University

NCEA	University
Students can pick and choose assessments (A la carte) within courses	Assessment is almost always compulsory and you need to do all assessments to pass
Lots of teacher support	Less teacher/lecturer support (but it is there!)
NCEA Achievement Standards break subjects into discrete parts for assessment	Holistic assessment is common, need to know the whole course
Grades are Achieved; Merit; Excellence	% based assessment; A-E grades
Writing is often instrumental to pass a standard	Academic writing can be more about developing a critical, creative argument, not reaching a standard.
Students can re-sit assessments	No re-sits