In-Service Teacher Training
Assessment in IGCSE Mathematics 0580/0581
Session 3: Mark schemes, Examiner Reports
and other resources.
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Welcome
• Introductions
• Background
• Aim of training
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Session 3 looks at:
• Using the mark scheme
• Using Examiner Reports
• Additional resources for IGCSE
Mathematics
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Using mark schemes (1):
The importance of mark schemes
Mark schemes:
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Give the allocation of marks
Indicate the range of acceptable answers
Give examples of unacceptable answers
Give an indication of what Examiners are
looking for in an answer
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Using mark schemes (2):
Use with the Examiner Report
The mark scheme and Examiner Report:
• Both give information about each part of
each question
• Should be used side by side to analyse
students’ answers to questions
• Provide information which can be passed
on to students
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Using mark schemes (3):
Analysis of candidate scripts
Take each question in turn and do the following:
• Make yourself familiar with the mark scheme
• Mark the questions showing clearly where you
gave each mark
• Bear in mind the marking guidelines given in
Unit 2
• When you have finished, compare your marks
with those of the Examiner
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Using Examiner Reports (1):
The importance of the Reports
• The range of candidate misconceptions is
addressed
• Areas of weakness of the candidates as a
whole are highlighted
• Reasons are suggested for common
incorrect answers
• The correct range of acceptable answers
are listed for each question
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Using Examiner Reports (2):
Analysis of contents
• Misreading of questions
• Incorrect reference or lack of reference to
the stem of a question
• Shape and Space questions – common
threads?
• Number questions?
• Algebra questions? Graphs?
• Statistics and Probability questions?
• Advice for future candidates
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Using Examiner Reports (3):
Teaching aims and the Examiner
Report
• It is useful to analyse Examiner Reports
over a number of years
• There are a number of misconceptions that
regularly appear
• There are a number of specific areas which
students find conceptually difficult
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Additional resources (1):
CIE Teacher Support website
• Syllabuses Examiner Reports dating back
to 2001
• Question papers dating back to 2001
(November and June sessions)
• All of the associated mark schemes for the
question papers
• Schemes of work
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Additional resources (2):
Schemes of work (1)
The scheme of work has 10 Units:
1) Number and Algebra (Core)
2) Further Number and Algebra (Core)
3) Shape and Space (Core)
4) Geometry (Core)
5) Statistics and Transformations (Core)
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Additional resources (3):
Schemes of work (2)
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Further Number and Probability (Extended)
Further Algebra (Extended)
Shape and Space (Extended)
Geometry (Extended)
Statistics and Transformations (Extended)
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Additional resources (4):
Support test materials
• Test materials related to each section of
the scheme of work are available
• A section of associated exam questions
has been produced for each Unit on the
scheme of work. Mark schemes are also
given
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Additional resources (5):
• CIE discussion groups
• Learn CIE website
- revision materials for Core and
Extended
- individual tutorials on every IGCSE
Mathematics topic with questions
- individual lesson plans on some topics
- an online test centre
• Online IGCSE courses
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Additional resources (6)
• Distance learning pack
• Specimen papers
• IGCSE Mathematics Past Papers on CD
Toolkit
• IGCSE Mathematics endorsed textbooks
• Teaching and Assessing Skills in
Mathematics book
• Resource lists
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Additional resources (7):
Developing resource trails
• Resource trails are ‘packs’ of resources /
references that support the teaching of a
particular topic
• Start from the long term plans – SOW
• Medium term plans – work over a topic
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Additional resources (8):
Developing resource trails
• Short term plans – individual lessons
• Developing resource packs
-Text references
-Websites – CIE and non-CIE sites
-Test sites and papers
-Homework / formative assessments
-Lesson starters
-Variety of learning and teaching style
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