Changing KS3 Questions for Engaging Assessment

About. A set of exemplar resources ready for classroom use. These resources have two (PPT) slides:

• first a teacher's slide to view before the lesson. It shows a question and its level, the topics it covers, and suggestions for changes that can be made.
• next, a pupils' slide/s containing the question to project.

Pedagogical content. Test questions are often seen as uninteresting and useful only to assess pupils summatively. This resource however allows questioning^(ta) to be used to support pupils’ revision, creativity and higher order^(ta) problem-solving in class. The tasks could be conducted via whole class^(ta) discussion^(ta) or assessment^(ta), perhaps using mini-whiteboards^(tool), or in small group work^(ta) situations.

Resource details
Title	Changing KS3 Questions for Engaging Assessment; questions grouped by topic, paper, and national curriculum level
Topic	[[Topics/Assessment|Assessment]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Assessment|Assessment]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Higher order|Higher order]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Discussion|Discussion]]
Learning Objectives	teachers and pupils should be able to use an existing resource to deepen understanding in interesting and creative ways.
Format / structure	Files are provided as individual .ppt slide presentations and bundled together as a .zip. The original SATs 2007's test papers are also available to download from the 2007 Maths SATs Papers page.
Subject	[[Resources/Maths|Maths]],  [[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/KS3|KS3]]
Useful information	Questions have been modified under OGL licence (see below). Questions can be used as lesson starter activities or can run for a full lesson.
Files and resources to view and download	How to use this resource, and the files for download are described at Changing Questions Description. The questions can be downloaded as .zip bundles or as individual .ppt from: Algebra & Number, paper 1 (non-calculator) Algebra & Number, paper 2 (calculator) Geometry & Measure, paper 1 (non-calculator) Geometry & Measure, paper 2 (calculator) Statistics, paper 1 (non-calculator) Statistics, paper 2 (calculator)

• These files feature content from the 2007 Maths SATs Papers (without the mental arithmetic component).
• The original questions have been modified by Mark Dawes to include teacher notes.
• Attribution to the files should refer to the Powerpoint files stored and licenced here on the ORBIT website.