Further Maths Unit 2 Professional Learning

What	Further Maths Unit 2 Professional Learning (Further Statistics)
Who	KS5 teachers
When	September 2024 – April 2025
How	Hybrid- Primarily online, with live sessions held to cover the more complicated topics in South and North Wales
To book	fmspwales@swansea.ac.uk

More information

This course will give a comprehensive coverage of FMU2 and is aimed at teachers who currently deliver A-level Maths and would like to deliver Further Maths, or teachers who currently teach Further Maths and would like a refresher.

Course Structure: 4 Sessions. This course will be spread over the whole academic year.

Session 1 Discrete random variables Sept-Oct 2024	Discrete probability distributions: Find the mean and variance of simple discrete probability distributions and expectation algebra with discrete (and continuous random variables) probability distributions.
Session 2 Continuous random variables Nov-Dec 2024	Continuous probability distributions: Including probability density and cumulative distribution functions and use of median, quartiles and percentiles, mean, variance and standard deviation and expected value. Poisson distribution. Poisson as an approximation to the binomial distribution. Exponential distribution as a model for intervals between events.
Session 3 Correlation and regression Jan – Feb 2025	Correlation and linear regression: Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. Least squares regression line.
Session 4 Chi-squared test Mar-Apr 2025	Chi-squared distribution: Conduct goodness of fit test, use χ² as an approximate statistic. Use of χ² test to test for association in a contingency table and interpret results.

Each module will consist of two online, weekday early evening, zoom sessions, seperated by 7-14 days. In these sessions, the tutor will consider the major concepts of the topic. Video recordings of these sessions will be made available so that participants who are not able to attend can view the session that was missed.

Sessions 2 and 3 will include the possibility of you attending a face-to-face session with a tutor. These sessions will be on a weekday and held in both South Wales (Swansea) and North Wales (Wrexham or Bangor). These sessions will take place before the two zoom sessions. They will not only cover the material of the two on-line zoom sessions but also give you the opportunity to meet a member of the tutor team and exchange ideas and experiences with some of your fellow participants.

A full resource pack of learning materials, including the materials used in the zoom and face-to-face sessions, will be made available and it is hoped that you will work through the resources and attempt some exercised provided. During this period of self-study, you will have email access to your tutor.

Participants are expected to attend as many online sessions as possible.

Course Dates:

A face-to-face or online session will be held in each of the weeks indicated. Dates will be set as soon as possible.

	Face-to-Face	Online
Module 1		Autumn Term Week 4 Autumn Term Week 6
Module 2	Autumn Term Week 8	Autumn Term Week 9 Autumn Term Week 10
Module 3	Spring Term Week 2	Spring Term Week 3 Spring Term Week 6
Module 4		Spring Term Week 9 Spring Term Week 10

Sessions will be presented in English; materials will be available bilingually

This course will be certificated.

Each session has a short assessment task which participants will be encouraged to complete and send to their tutor. Each task will contain two or three exam style questions for participants to answer. In addition, participants will be asked to reflect upon the knowledge students will need to tackle such questions and possible teaching approaches that might be used in the classroom. It is hoped that each task should require less than 90 minutes to complete.

Certification will be based on satisfactory completion of these tasks and evidence of attendance at the sessions or independent work through the resource material.

The deadline for certification will be August 2025.