{"id":797,"date":"2013-02-18T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T12:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:24:32","slug":"mathematics-national-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/maths\/mathematics-national-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics &#8211; National 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the completion of the Broad General Education (BGE) in February of S3, pupils will then begin working on their National Qualification course.<\/p>\n<p>National 5 Mathematics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Outline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National 5 Mathematics aims to build upon the skills learned within curriculum for excellence and extend candidates\u2019 mathematical thinking. Students should recognise problem solving as essential in being able to apply their mathematical skills in a real life context.<\/p>\n<p>As well as preparing students for real life, emphasis is placed on developing an appreciation of the power of mathematical language and the efficiency of algorithms in preparation for the Higher course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualification Breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expressions and Formulae<\/li>\n<li>Applications<\/li>\n<li>Relationships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What opportunities will be available to me when I finish?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The skills and knowledge of mathematics gained at National 5 level is useful in many technological, vocational, scientific, social and \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 environmental contexts.\u00a0 Career paths available following successful completion of National 5 mathematics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching<\/li>\n<li>Surveying<\/li>\n<li>Nursing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See relevant job profiles at PlanIT Plus website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planitplus.net\/\">www.planitplus.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the completion of the Broad General Education (BGE) in February of S3, pupils will then begin working on their National Qualification course. National 5 Mathematics Course Outline National 5 Mathematics aims to build upon the skills learned within curriculum for excellence and extend candidates\u2019 mathematical thinking. Students should recognise problem solving as essential in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/maths\/mathematics-national-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mathematics &#8211; National 5<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2856,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-sidebars.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2856"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1419,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions\/1419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhs3options\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}