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HIGHER MATHEMATICS
SQA Workshop
Saturday 12 November 2011
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• General Comments
• Objective Test Questions
• Written Response Questions
• Feedback to Centres
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General Comments
• Basic Skills
• Reading Questions
• Candidates’ Responses
• Specific Advice
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Objective Test Questions
• Approach and working
• Guessing
• Read the question carefully
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
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Example 5
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Preparation
• Practice as many as possible
• Ideal for lesson starters
• Ideal for homework
• Show me boards / Whiteboards
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Written Response Questions
• Order of difficulty
• Connection between parts
• Working
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
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Finally
• Look at Marking Instructions
• Look at External Assessment Report
• Practice questions at all levels
• Set realistic targets