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Seperate sub forums for Methods 1/2 and Methods 3/4
« on: November 19, 2014, 04:16:45 pm »
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After all, there are seperate ones for all of the other maths subjects.
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Re: Seperate sub forums for Methods 1/2 and Methods 3/4
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 04:22:35 pm »
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I personally do not believe that there is enough volume of methods 1/2 posts that are not relevant to the 3/4 component to justify this.
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Re: Seperate sub forums for Methods 1/2 and Methods 3/4
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2014, 12:31:02 pm »
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The other maths have different boards because they're NEEDED. For methods, they're NOT.

Differences between 1/2 and 3/4 methods?
-Bulk of Probability (say, 3/4 of the AoS)
-Integration/some calculus things (say, 1/4 of the AoS)

So, the differences between 1/2 and 3/4 methods is one whole Area of Study.

Ignoring Foundation (because it has no 3/4 equivalent),

Further is very specific and extends on a lot of things from General - in fact, some things taught in General Mathematics are not covered in Further (because they're not needed) - two very different subjects, thereby requiring different boards.

And don't even get me started on GMA and specialist - the ONLY real similarities between the two are some conics, some vectors, some complex numbers. That's even less similarities between General and Further - equating up to about 4 Areas of Study. (if you want me to rant more about GMA and specialist, I will - just check any of my previous posts on the matter. I think most people are getting sick of me discussing it. :P)

Tl;dr - don't need separate boards, just chuck 'em together as they are - 1/2 people post in the 3/4 thread anyway, with very little care from anybody.