Candidates' Weakness
The Chief Examiner reported that candidates’ responses indicated that Majority of them were weak in the following areas:
- Linear Transformation
- Trapezium rule
- vectors
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SUGGESTED REMEDIES
The following remedies were suggested by the Chief Examiner:
- Candidates were encouraged to cover all the topics in the syllabus while preparing for the examination
- Teachers as well as candidates were encouraged to put in more effort in studying Vectors and its applications.
- Teachers were encouraged to use instructional materials during lesson so as to re-enforce the learning of mathematical concepts
- Candidates were encouraged to read through each question carefully so as to understand its demands and adhere to the rubrics
- Candidates were encouraged to avail themselves of past WASSCE Further Mathematics questions.