MLC Resources for Introductory Academic Program
This page contains various resources for the Introductory Academic Program (IAP) at the University of Adelaide. To find out more about this course, please first go to the AusAID information page.
Click on the links below or simply scroll down to see resources about the dollowing topics:
General maths (for everyone)
MathsBridge
The MathsBridge is an online resource with information about various topics such as algebra and equations. It has small tests to help you decide what information you need to know more about, with links to explanations.
Click here to go to the MathsBridge.
Maths Notation Seminar
In Semester 1, the MLC did a seminar on understanding maths notation. The link to the video and handouts are here: MLC Maths Notation seminar
Statistics
The Right Questions about statistics seminar
To watch or download the video, please click on the following link (note the examples from the last activity were not recorded, but the answers are still in the links below):
Link to "the right questions" seminar Summer Semester 2012
To download the various handouts, click on the links below:
- PDF handout on the right questions and choosing the right statistics
- PDF of "Question Aims" activity, plus answers
- PDF of "Variable Types" activity, plus answers
- PDF of "Choosing a Hypothesis Test" activity, plus answers
NOTE: The above seminar is taken from the MLC's series of statistics seminars. There are other seminars on hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and regression at the webpage for these seminars: The Right Questions about Statistics seminar series.
Statistics assumed knowledge (for those doing statistics courses)
This seminar covered the basic assumed knowledge that will be helpful for a statistics course. In particular, the different types of graphs and descriptive statistics, and calculations with the normal distribution. To watch or download the video of the seminar from Summer Semester 2013, click on the following link:
Statistics assumed knowledge seminar video page
To download a PDF copy of the notes written on the document camera, click on the link below:
Statistics assumed knowledge document camera notes (PDF)
Algebra and calculus (for engineering and economics)
MathsBridge
The MathsBridge is an online resource with information about various topics such as algebra and equations. It has small tests to help you decide what information you need to know more about, with links to explanations.
Click here to go to the MathsBridge.
Functions and Differentiation Seminar
The MLC gave a seminar in Summer Semester 2013 covering the different types of functions and their graphs, and the rules of differentiation. To watch or download the video, please follow the link below:
Functions and Differentiation seminar video page
To download a copy of the notes written on the document camera in PDF form, follow the link below:
Functions and Differentiation document camera notes (PDF)
Revision Worksheets
You can use the following worksheets to revise various topics from High School mathematics:
- Function notation: function notation worksheet download.
- Lines and simultaneous equation: lines and simultaneous equations worksheet download.
- Polynomials: polynomials worksheet download.
- Quadratic equations: quadratic equations worksheet download.
- Index laws: index laws worksheet download.
- Logarithms: logarithms worksheet download.
- Differentiation: differentiation worksheet download.
- Integration: integration worksheet download.
