On-line Courses for AEA and STEP Mathematics
MEI provides real-time on-line tutorials and teaching sessions in AEA and STEP Mathematics. Students can access live interactive tuition at a time and location to suit them through a platform called Elluminate. Information is available via the MEI site at www.mei.org.uk/?page=stepandaea.
For examples of these materials see below.
STEP Tutorial 1 – Additional Reading
Reproduction of questions from STEP Mathematics papers in these materials is by permission of Cambridge Assessment. Other materials are used by permission of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust.
AEA Course
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
Session 1 |
Constructing a beautiful, coherent, concise argument: the proper use of notation. |
Session 2 |
Using Series imaginatively |
Session 3 |
Solving trig equations without getting too many or too few solutions. |
Session 4 |
Co-ordinate Geometry: a use for GCSE Circle Theorems at last. |
Session 5 |
Polynomials and Graphical Transformations |
Session 6 |
Functions: how to make the simple look difficult. |
Session 7 |
Vectors |
Session 8 |
Differentiation Techniques |
Session 9 |
Integration Techniques |
Session 10 |
Unusual Questions: are they really hard? |
STEP Course
Date | Topic |
|---|---|
Session 1 |
Dividing by zero |
Session 2 |
Inequalities and proof by induction |
Session 3 |
Systematic search or proof by exhaustion |
Session 4 |
Necessary and sufficient conditions |
Session 5 |
Proof by contradiction and irrational numbers |
Session 6 |
Curve sketching |
Session 7 |
General solutions of trigonometric equations |
Session 8 |
Differential equations |
Session 9 |
Mechanics |
Session 10 |
Probability |
