This APU report for teachers focuses on students’ planning of investigations. Although considered important in several respects, Rep...

This APU Science report for teachers is based on a selection of the questions used in the surveys of students aged 13 and 15 in the surveys carried out in 1981 and 1982 to assess the performance of investigations. These were complete investigations carried out individually by students working alone. Reference is...

This resource contains a set of Mathematics GCSE Foundation level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 AQA examinations. Paper 1 is the non-calculator paper worth 70 marks. Paper 2 is the calculator paper worth 105 marks. The marking guides look very similar to the actual AQA GCSE mark schemes. There are...

This resource contains a set of three Mathematics GCSE Foundation level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 AQA modular examinations. The marking guides look very similar to the actual AQA GCSE mark schemes. There are clear suggestions how method, accuracy and quality of written communication marks are...

This resource contains a set of Mathematics GCSE Higher level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 AQA examinations. Paper 1 is the non-calculator paper worth 70 marks. Paper 2 is the calculator paper worth 105 marks. The marking guides look very similar to the actual AQA GCSE mark schemes. There are...

This resource contains a set of three Mathematics GCSE Higher level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 AQA modular examinations. The marking guides look very similar to the actual AQA GCSE mark schemes. There are clear suggestions how method, accuracy and quality of written communication marks are to be...

Produced in 2009-2010, Assessing Pupils Progress (APP) was produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and is a structured approach to periodic assessment, written to enable teachers to use diagnostic information about students’ strengths and weaknesses and to track students’ progress.

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This set of booklets from the National Strategies complements the Assessing Pupils Progress assessment packages: teacher's pack. Each booklet has examples of students' work based on each of the lesson plans given in the APP packages. The booklets cover the four strands of Number, Algebra, Data Handling and Shape,...

These activities from the BEST project (age 11 to 14) can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic questions probe pupils' ability:

• to identify magnets and magnetic materials
• describe rules of attraction and repulsion between magnets
• to identify situations in which a force is...

These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils.  The diagnostic question probes pupils' understanding of how bones, muscles and tissues work together to support, protect and move the human body.The response activity helps to develop pupils' understanding of the function performed by the...

These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic question probes pupils' understanding of the different types of rock and the materials they are made from. The response activity helps to develop pupils' understanding of keys words to describe different types of rocks and...

These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic questions probe pupils' initial understanding and the response activities help to develop pupils' understanding further and are designed to follow on from the diagnostic questions. These activities explore food chains and the...

These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic question probes pupils' understanding of complete circuits.

These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic question probes pupils' understanding of the different elements of a sound. The response activity helps to develop pupils' understanding of how the size and frequency of vibrations affect the volume and pitch of sounds and is...