One of the crucial controversial matters to be added to GCSE in recent times is precise trig values. Though trigonometry has at all times been on Greater Tier GCSE, earlier than 2017 it solely ever appeared on the calculator paper. When the Division for Training did an enormous curriculum and evaluation re-jig, precise trig values had been moved from A degree to GCSE – and, in what we are able to solely assume was some type of horrible admin error, one way or the other discovered their means onto the Basis tier.
Within the newest video from my ‘Matters in Depth‘ undertaking, Craig Barton and I focus on this shocking curriculum choice. We additionally study how precise trig values are assessed at GCSE, and we check out each pedagogy and sources.
In case you’re a maths trainer with a spare hour, please watch this! In case you get pleasure from it, additionally try Space in Depth and Surds in Depth. Thanks to AQA for sponsoring these movies.
