Developing Progression in Primary Science

Progression and the wonders of 'one-ness' and 'two-ness'

About. A document about developing progression in science investigations including a look at some indicators of a student's level.

Pedagogical content. A first part on ‘developing progression in science investigations’ could be used to prompt discussion on how far we expect pupils to develop, and the sorts of inquiry^(ta) which encourage this. The second part, 'indicators of Level 1 and 2ness', provides a useful set of criteria for assessing national curriculum levels. These criteria prompt thinking about assessment^(ta) levels in curriculum development^(topic). A concrete outcome of the activity may be to keep such criteria in a mark book for day-to-day use.

Resource details
Title	Developing Progression in Primary Science
Topic	[[Topics/Progression|Progression]],  [[Topics/Curriculum development|Curriculum development]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Assessment|Assessment]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]]
Learning Objectives	Understand levels of progress in science Identify achievement levels in a scientific investigation
Subject	[[Resources/Teacher education|Teacher education]],  [[Resources/Primary|Primary]],  [[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/|]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	Primary Science investigation Questioning Techniques in Primary Science Differentiation
Files and resources to view and download	File:Developing Progression in Primary Science.doc or in WikiText form here
Acknowledgement	This resource was adapted from resources and original ideas contributed by Paul Warwick, at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

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