This task is designed to assess how well students understand:

• Calculating the mean from a frequency table
• Working out the mode from a frequency table
• Using statistical measures to justify a statement

The task looks at salaries in a small company. Information on salaries...

This QCA document describes through case studies and activities how the P scales can be used in a range of educational settings to assess the progress of students.

The P scales were designed, like the programmes of...

Countries charge for planes to fly through their airspace even if the plane does not land. Different countries levy different charges, therefore plane companies consider a number of different routes and calculate the associated charges with each route. The formula used to fly over Europe is considered and an...

One of the trial units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, children are tasked to make bread rolls.

It is necessary to set the context for the activity. This may be to agree a theme as a class or group, such as 'to make bread rolls for a children's party' or to base...

This resource on Handling Data from Nuffield...

There are nine units in this book from Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics. Each unit provides information for the student to read and questions and activities for them to do. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top of...

The nine handling data units, all at level five, in this Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics book are:

• The mean and the range
• Collecting data
• Probability
• Picture this
• That’s just typical
• Comparing distributions
• Using databases
• ...

There are nine units, all at level four, in this book from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series. Each unit provides information for the student to read and questions and activities for them to do.

The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top of each...

There are nine units, all at level four, in this book from Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics. Each unit provides information for the student to read and questions and activities for them to do. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content...

The nine units, all at level five, in this book from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series are:

Area and volume
Angles
Circles
All about boxes
Construction
Common sense measuring...

The level six units, from Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics, in this students’ book cover the topics of:

• Parallel lines
• Three dimensions flattened
• Area of simple shapes
• Quadrilaterals
• Volume
• Enlargements
• Drawing with Logo Circles, perimeter...

Carried out by University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) this project was instigated to investigate the equivalence of standards set in national tests over a period of several years. The experimental...

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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There are twelve units in this book from Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics. Each unit provides information for the student to read and questions and activities for them to do. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top...