TMN3704 Assignment 1 Memo | Due 5 May 2026

, PLEASE USE THIS DOCUMENT AS A GUIDE ONLY


1.1. To fully understand the TMN 3704 module, two key documents are indispensable: The
South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and the TMN 3704 Study
Guide. The study guide is structured into a series of learning units. Carefully examine these
documents and answer the subsequent questions to demonstrate your understanding of their
main ideas and themes.

a) How many learning units are contained in the TMN 3704 Study Guide?

 Learning Unit 1: Orientation to the module (starts p. 29)
 Learning Unit 2: Approaches to teaching mathematics (starts p. 55)
 Learning Unit 3: Planning, designing, teaching and reflecting (starts p. 88)
 Learning Unit 4: Assessment (starts p. 142)
 Learning Unit 5: Planning and preparing the mathematics classroom (starts p. 172)

b) Into how many sections is CAPS structured?

 Section 1: Introduction and aims
 Section 2: Topics, content specification, and weighting
 Section 3: Content clarification (teaching guidelines per topic)
 Section 4: Assessment

1.2. Choose the statement that does not fit.

The statement that does not fit is: b) The policy document, the National Framework for Monitoring
Mathematics Implementation

1.3. Choose the correct option. What does CAPS stand for?

c) Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement

1.4. Choose the incorrect option.

b) acquisition of specific knowledge and skills necessary for the study of unrelated subject matter

1.5. Choose the incorrect option.

c) Suggested pacing of topics per term

1.6 (i). Choose the incorrect option.

a) Principles of Measurement

1.6 (ii). Rewrite the incorrect option correctly, as captured in CAPS.

Measurement