Guides to Assessment in Education: Mathematics
Teachers make assessments all the time for a whole variety of reasons. Assessment is essential to teaching. It has to be acknowledged that although getting to know students thoroughly is part of a teacher's expected load, assessment does represent a noticeable burden. Above all, the report tries to emphasize assessment as a…
Decisions in the Science Department: Organization and Curriculum
This book, first published in 1981 by the Association for Science Education (ASE) and Schools Council, looks at the range of decisions that staff in science departments are required to make and the problems associated with making them. This report was the output of the Science Education Project set up after the report Case studies…
Power Station Project
The Power Station Project is a simulated case study from the Science in Society series dealing with the various decisions that have to be made when a new power station is being planned. It was designed as an integral part of the Energy section of the Science in Society course. It is assumed that an Electricity Generating Board is…
National Assessment: The APU Science Approach
In this publication, the Assessment of Performance Unit (APU) set out how it was to approach the assessment of science teaching and learning in schools. The APU was set up to promote the development of method of assessing and monitoring the achievement of children at school, and to seek to identify the incidence of under-achievement.…
APU Science Report for Teachers 4: Science in Schools, Age 13
The APU report number 4 for teachers presents, in concise form, some of the data and findings of the APU surveys of students aged 13. It includes an outline of the assessment framework, some of the questions which were written to match it, a description of how well, and how differently, students responded to them and suggestions…
A Source Book for Primary Science Education
This book, published in 1983 by Hodder and Stoughton, was written with the core belief that primary school science should use 'the world around us’ to ask questions that may be answered in a scientific way. Aimed at head teachers, subject leaders and classroom teachers, it provides teachers with a guide to key concepts…
Problem Solving in School Science
This book, published in 1986 by Macdonald & Co, was written with the view that children should be encouraged to use their own initiative in problem solving and be encouraged to come up with their own ideas for investigations. The core belief was that children develop a positive self-image by overcoming challenges without an adult…
Sorting
This resource from Maths Chest 3 contains detailed teacher notes for running activities on logic. The topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities, group activities and individual activities. At the end of each topic there are opportunities for reinforcement and extension and suggestions…
Measure - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 14 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Number - Pack 3
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 22 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. …
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 22 topics designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each…
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains the teacher notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 20 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each…
Measure - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 4 aimed at lower Key Stage Two, develops understanding of measure through games and investigations which are designed to motivate and encourage self-confidence in learners. It contains detailed teachers' notes for running activities on topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area.…
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 4 aimed at lower Key Stage Two, develops understanding of number through games and investigations which are designed to motivate and encourage self-confidence in learners. It contains detailed teachers' notes for running activities on topic areas including: counting, ordering, fractions, number…
Measure - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 11 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 22 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the…
Practical Primary Science
Practical Primary Science published in1983 by Ward Lock Educational Ltd was aimed at primary school teachers who were not specialists in science. It was written with the premise that an enthusiastic teacher may learn alongside their class. This book contains starting points for teaching curriculum topics in science and a number…
Investigating With Science
This handbook is a revised version of Science Teaching for Rosla. In response to the raising of the school leaving age from 15 to 16 in 1972, Bath University and the British Petroleum Company collaborated with a group of experience Heads of Department from comprehensive schools to produce this bank of ideas for investigations which…
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains the teachers' notes for running activities on number including: recognising, counting, ordering, number bonds, addition and subtraction. It is divided into 19 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 22 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each…
Shape and Space
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two contains teachers' notes for running activities on shape and space. It is divided into six topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities,…
Measure
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two contains teachers' notes for running activities on the curriculum areas of money, length, time and weight. It is divided into nine topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities…
Pictorial Representation
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on handling data. It is divided into four topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities,…
Maths Chest 6: Introduction and Student Materials
This resource contains an Introduction to Maths Chest 6 detailing its aims and how it was designed to be used. It also includes teaching materials needed to deliver it successfully. The scheme is organised into the following topic areas: • Sorting • Pictorial representation • Measure • Shape and space •…
Pictorial Representation
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on handling data. It is divided into three topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities,…
Shape and Space
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on shape and space. It is divided into six topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities,…
Measure
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on the curriculum areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 10 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains the teacher notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 20 topics designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic…
Maths Chest 5: Introduction and Student Materials
This resource contains an Introduction to Maths Chest 5 detailing its aims and how it was designed to be used. It also includes the teaching materials needed to deliver it successfully. The scheme is organised into the following topic areas: • Pictorial representation • Measure • Shape and space • Number.…
Shape and Space
This resource from Maths Chest 4 is aimed at lower Key Stage Two and contains teachers' notes for running activities on shape and space. It is divided into three topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led…
Measure - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 4 is aimed at lower Key Stage Two and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the curriculum areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 13 topics designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 4 aimed at lower Key Stage Two, develops understanding of number through games and investigations which are designed to motivate and encourage self-confidence in learners. It contains detailed teachers' notes for running activities on topic areas including: counting, ordering, fractions, number…
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