School of Mathematics and Statistics Te Kura Mātai Tatauranga

Trimester one is here!

We are here to help with all queries about 100 level math courses, and some 200.

We'll be starting in week two of lectures, which is the first week of tutorials for most.

There will be helpers in an annex of the hub (SW corner, near Vic Books) available 12-2pm on Tue, Wed and Thu almost every week. Posters and signs will help guide you to the particular annex we'll use throughout.

For zoom session head to https://vuw.zoom.us/my/mathhelpdesk, the passcode is help.

	Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday
	12-1pm	1-2pm	12-1pm	1-2pm	12-1pm	1-2pm
Week 2 (Mar 6–10)	Frances	Shonaugh	zoom, Shonaugh	zoom, Henry	Henry	Henry
Week 3 (Mar 13 – 17)	Frances	Ruofei	zoom, Frances	zoom, Henry	Henry	Henry
Week 4 (Mar 20-24)	zoom, Frances	zoom, Ruofei	zoom, Frances	zoom, Henry	zoom, Henry	zoom, Henry
Week 5 (Mar 27–31)	Frances	Ruofei	zoom, Frances	zoom, Henry	Henry	Henry
Week 6 (Apr 3–7)	Frances	Ruofei	zoom, Frances	zoom, Henry	Henry	Henry
Break			19 april, zoom, Shonaugh	19 april, zoom, Shonaugh	20 april, Frances	20 april, Frances
Week 7 (Apr 24–28)	Public holiday		Shonaugh	Ruofei	Henry	Henry
Week 8 (May 1–5)	zoom, Frances	zoom, Shonaugh	zoom, Frances	zoom, Shonaugh	zoom, Henry	zoom, Ruofei
Week 9 (May 8–12)	Frances	Shonaugh	zoom, Frances	zoom, Shonaugh	Ruofei	Ruofei
Week 10 (May 15–19)	Frances	Shonaugh	zoom, Shonaugh	zoom, Shonaugh	zoom, Ruofei	zoom, Ruofei
Week 11 (May 22–26)	Frances	Ruofei	zoom, Ruofei	zoom, Ruofei	Shonaugh	Shonaugh
Week 12 (May 29–June 2)	Frances	Ruofei	zoom, Ruofei	zoom, Ruofei	Shonaugh	Shonaugh
Week 13 (June 5–June 9)			zoom, Ruofei	zoom, Ruofei	Shonaugh	Shonaugh

Our tutors can help you with the following second level math courses:

Frances: MATH261, MATH244, MATH277

Henry: MATH212, MATH244

Ruofei: MATH212, MATH261

Shonaugh: MATH212, MATH261

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