Tag: Motivation

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The Reason Statistically strand is not relevant for most tutors. We haven’t talked about it at all. If you don’t need to deal with data collection or statistics in your training then you can move right along. However, if you do need to deal with statistics or probability in your training then there are also…

BEFORE: More examples – Number diagnostics

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This is one of three numeracy resources that we mentioned earlier in Collection 3. You can download it here if you need to. You’ve already seen our versions of the number diagnostic questions and the attitude questions. But if you want to have a look at the originals, the details are below. Number Attitude self-assessment…

BEFORE: Are there any other examples of numeracy diagnostic assessments from the Learning Progressions Resources?

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Other there other numeracy diagnostic assessments I can look at? Yes, there are. But first, let’s figure out where you’re up to and what you need to do. You may already have a good idea of what you want to do for your contextualised numeracy diagnostic. If you do, you should get on with it…

BEFORE: Number facts diagnostic assessment

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Here are some generic questions you can use or adapt for place value. You can download a word doc version of this here. Number facts Go to the next question if you are not sure how to answer. 2 + 3 = _______________ 10 – 6 = _______________ 50 + 7 = _______________ 9 +…

BEFORE: Place value diagnostic assessment

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Here are some generic questions you can use or adapt for place value. You can download a word doc version of this here. Place Value Go to the next question if you are not sure how to answer. A CD player costs $80. How many $10 notes do you need to pay for it?______________ A…

BEFORE: Number sequence diagnostic assessment

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Here are some generic questions you can use or adapt for number sequence. You can download a word doc version of this here. Number Sequence Go to the next question if you are not sure how to answer. Which number is one more than 9? _______________ Which number is one less than 16? _______________ Which…

BEFORE: What are some examples of other numeracy diagnostics that I can adapt or modify?

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Before the Assessment Tool, we used several handy sets of generic numeracy diagnostic questions. You can still use these and they work great…! There are generic diagnostic questions for each of the following progressions: Number Knowledge Place Value Number facts You’ll find the questions over the next few pages and there’s a worksheet for…

Pro tips for creating your own contextualised numeracy diagnostic assessments

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You can skip this if you like. But here are a few suggestions to improve the quality of your contextualised numeracy diagnostics: Write plain-English instructions The same rules here apply as we discussed in our earlier discussion about using plain-English. This time you need to make sure that your instructions are written in plain English.…

BEFORE: How do I create a contextualised numeracy diagnostic for my ESOL Workplace Literacy programme

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How do I design numeracy diagnostic assessments for ESOL learners? Here’s the last scenario. This one’s a little different to the others: You’re an ESOL tutor. You teach refugees and migrants as part of a TEC funded workplace literacy programme. Your learners are very low level. Some of them are pre-literate. This means that they are…

BEFORE: How do I create a contextualised numeracy diagnostic for my farming programme?

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