J.C. – Maths

Mathematics is a compulsory subject for all Junior Cycle students and can be taken at Higher Level or Ordinary Level.  

The specification for Junior Cycle Mathematics focuses on developing students’ ability to think logically, strategically, critically, and creatively through the unifying strand and the four contextual strands: Number; Geometry and Trigonometry; Algebra and Functions; and Statistics and Probability.  

We aim to provide relevant and challenging opportunities for all students to become mathematically proficient so that they can cope with the mathematical challenges of daily life and enable them to continue their study of mathematics in senior cycle and beyond. Students’ mathematical proficiency will be developed by developing the following traits:  

· Conceptual understanding—comprehension of mathematical concepts, operations, and relations.  

· Procedural fluency—skill in carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently, and appropriately.  

· Strategic competence—ability to formulate, represent, and solve mathematical problems in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts.  

· Adaptive reasoning—capacity for logical thought, reflection, explanation, justification, and communication.  

· Productive disposition—habitual inclination to see mathematics as sensible, useful, and worthwhile, coupled with a belief in diligence, perseverance, and one’s own efficacy.