Year 7 Assess Diagnostic Quizzes

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"Really delighted with the content"  Marianne Good, Gosforth Central Middle School

Formative assessment can improve teaching and learning - but needs fast and accurate information about student understanding. Tests tell you only what students remember - you need to know if there were specific concepts students struggled with. And whether they can 'apply' knowledge to unfamiliar situations - the yardstick of understanding at GCSE.

The Diagnostic Quizzes use original, carefully designed multiple questions. In 10-15 minutes, you can conduct the quiz, and have students review why they got answers wrong.  Pack 1 covers the 25 key concepts in a typical year 7 course (11-12 year olds). 

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Mastery & Reassess Diagnostic Quizzes The quizzes reveal whether students have grasped the concept (so you can move on) or whether the struggled with a part of it (so need a re-think). The multiple choice quizzes are also designed to flag up specific misconceptions. There are two quizzes per concept - so you test once, give students extra learning opportunities, and then re-assess to see if they got it -  mastery learning in action. Each quiz is short, targeting one concept with 6 questions: 4 Know and 2 Apply.  The questions are deliberately designed to reveal misconceptions and partial understanding so you can see which students need more learning. 

Student self-assessment The quizzes come with clear feedback - full explanations of why the correct answers are right and why the others are wrong.

✔ 25 concept quizzes

✔ 25 re-assess quizzes

✔ Acquire and Apply questions

✔ Student self-assessment

✔ Reveals misconceptions

✔ Download in pdf format

Contents

The Pack covers year 7 unit of our 5-year plan, with quizzes for each of 25 concepts:

• Cells : Cell structure, Specialised cells
• Contact forces: Balanced & unbalanced, Friction, Density
• Substances & particles: Particle model, Mixtures, Solutions
• Reproduction: Sexual & asexual, Menstrual cycle, Embryo development
• Interdependence: Feeding relationships, Competition, Abiotic & biotic factors
• Changing substances: Chemical & physical, pH scale, Neutralisation
• Gravity: Weight, Gravitational force, Solar system
• Energy transfers: Energy model, Wasted energy, Heat & temperature
• Electric circuits: Electric current, Resistance

Part A & B

How it works

We developed Mastery Science based on the research in mastery learning which indicates the need for accurate diagnostic information. See these links for more information:

• Mastery assessment pack: how it works
• Video: diagnostic assessment and re-learning
• Introduction to mastery learning

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We accept payment by credit card and PayPal. If you're a school, you can also choose to pay by bank transfer or cheque when you checkout. You will then receive an email with a link to an invoice to pay. 

Digital delivery

Once payment is received, we will send you details for how to download the digital resources and a teachers guide. We also offer online support in implementing the mastery learning system. Unfortunately, we do not accept payment after delivery. This allows us to minimise administration and pass the savings on to our customers. You will be given details for each payment method during checkout. 

Pupil Premium

The Government’s Educational Endowment Fund (EEF) concluded that Mastery is one of the few strategies where there is evidence that it can close the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and others. Mastery on average can produce an extra 5 months of learning gains every year. Mastery revolves around giving students accurate learning feedback  - the top strategy on the list.

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