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Overview

The aim in preparing this specification has been to promote the teaching and learning of mathematics appropriate to engineering, post GCSE, in schools and colleges.

The qualification includes a range of applied mathematical topics to allow schools and colleges to deliver a course to suit the requirements of potential students of engineering, construction, manufacturing and the sciences.

The specification has been designed to develop the knowledge and understanding required to enable progression to qualifications along the vertical and horizontal planes in the National Qualifications Framework.

This 'stand-alone' linear qualification, together with OCR's Level 3 Certificate in Mathematics for Engineering, is part of the Additional and Specialist Learning for the Diploma in Construction and the built environment and the Diploma in Manufacturing.

Aims

The aims of this specification are to enable candidates to:

• Provide learners with the opportunity to study the theory of mathematics and then apply this theory in a variety of engineering contexts.
• Develop their understanding of mathematics and mathematical processes in a way that promotes confidence and fosters enjoyment.
• Develop abilities to reason logically and recognise incorrect reasoning, to generalise and to construct mathematical proofs.
• Extend their range of mathematical skills and techniques and use them in engineering problems.
• Develop an understanding of how different areas of mathematics can be connected to solve engineering problems.
• Use mathematics as an effective means of communication within an engineering context.
• Take increasing responsibility for their own learning and the evaluation of their own mathematical development.