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Reviewing and Checking Progress
ReviewsCase study: Liz Goffin at Charters School in Ascot explains how she used Reviewing and Checking Progress 7 with three Year 7 groups to assess their understanding and progress in science. "The software is best used by a teacher working with the class using an interactive whiteboard - a valuable revision tool." "The CDs are easy to use, with clear navigation, allowing the teacher to assess student progress and understanding of key concepts without formal testing. Indeed, such is their flexibility, the CDs can be used on individual computers, or for whole class teaching using an interactive whiteboard and data projector. A really useful resource!" "The Package is soundly put together. It covers the Year 7 schemes of work well and will support teachers in their everyday activity. The pupils I used it with could navigate through the material intuitively; they enjoyed the activities and said they would be useful for their lessons. It has the potential to save quite a bit of time and that could make it very cost effective. " "There is very little preparation needed to use this software either as a class activity or on the Interactive Whiteboard. It is easy to use and is self explanatory. The students were very focused during the individual activity and enjoyed it. They liked the variety it added to their lessons. When used with the Interactive Whiteboard they were all keen to participate and there was a sea of hands willing to answer the questions. The software is well designed providing a number of different activities for the students from video clips to inputting answers from a keyboard. Each activity is different and the graphics are clear and colourful." "They are easy to use, with clear navigation, allowing teachers to assess a student's progress and understanding of key concepts without the need for formal testing. Such is their flexibility, that the CDs can be used on individual computers, or for whole-class teaching using an interactive whiteboard and data projector. They do enable teachers to assess progress without formal testing, and using an innovative range of simulations and animated activities which are guaranteed to involve and motivate students, especially when used with iwhiteboards." "Of all the Key Stages in education, probably KS3 and 4 are the least well served by software resources. Cambridge–Hitachi has gone a long way to redressing this imbalance. Reviewing and Checking Progress represents an extensive series of activities that cover the ‘Checking Progress’ and ‘Reviewing Work’ sections of the QCA Scheme of Work for science at Key Stage 3, and also Years 7, 8 and 9. Each CD offers a range of activities, including animations, completion exercises, literacy activities, quizzes, statement maps and group activities." |
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