NZL One - Two - Three

      This week 12000+  secondary students in New Zealand sat their first digitally assessed exam. One Auckland school had 350 students complete digital mcat and by all accounts things ran pretty smoothly. However the trusty pen still rules in 2015. All students are sitting the paper version this week.   In this post there are links to access the digital versions of the paper, videos of worked solutions (EOE) and a few thoughts about preparing students for exams in general. The 2 mcat papers can be found on the NZQA Maths & Statistics Page along with all past papers Subash Chandar K worked his magic Friday afternoon and recorded solutions for the  Day 1  paper. This is a great example of how in NZ we can make use of technology to bring teachers together, innovate & share for the benefit of all students.  After 24 hours hours there had been 600+ views. I will be interested to see what this number will be by Thursday....

When thinking about putting to together a learning programme I often hear , Where do I find ....  in this post I have gathered the key sites for teaching maths & stats in NZ & added links in the side bar for quick reference ________________________________________________________________________   The senior secondary guides    on TKI have been designed to help us develop quality teaching and learning programmes at levels 6–8 of  The New Zealand Curriculum  (2007). THere is a senior secondary guide for all curriculum areas. The maths & statistics guide is full of useful information we should be using to plan our teaching & learning programme. The Achievement Objectives section includes a list if what can be taught, examples of teaching activities that could be used in the teaching programme, key changes, and at the bottom of each page,Achievement standards that can be used to assess the learning. Learning programme ...

Towards the end of Term 1 while teachers were finalising their first round of assessment grades a number of questions came up around resubmission. Who to offer a resubmission to, how much can the student "fix" up, can I tell them what to fix, how much time can they have, can we reteach them .... I thought it would be good to share with you some of the "myths" surrounding resubmissions Myth #5 Resubmissions Myth #1. If I want to offer a resubmission to one student then I have to offer it to all students Myth #2. I can show students what they should fix up Myth #3. I can offer multiple resubmission opportunities Myth #4. A student cannot be awarded anything higher than Achieved for a resubmission A resubmission is offered to an individual student on a case-by-case basis . Extracts from SecQual S2009/022 New Rules & Procedures for Further Assessment Opportunities A resubmission should only be offered where a teacher judges that a mistake ha...