Summary
Contents
Subject index
What does ‘mastery’ look like in primary science? How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it? This book explores how ‘rich’ learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science. - Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities - Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding - Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning - Explores the theories behind ‘mastery’ for primary science
The importance of questions in primary science
The importance of questions in primary science
Chapter Objectives
This chapter will allow you to achieve the following outcomes:
- have an understanding regarding the place and value of questions in science lessons;
- consider how different questions can be asked to support learning;
- know how to support children in raising their own questions during science lessons.
Links to the Teachers’ Standards
- S2 – promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
- S6 – make accurate and productive use of assessment
Links to the National Curriculum
Key Stage 1 Programme of Study
- Asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways.
Lower Key Stage 2 Programme of Study
- Asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them.
- Using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions ...
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