HIGHER MATHEMATICS

SQA Workshop

Saturday 12 November 2011

• General Comments

• Objective Test Questions

• Written Response Questions

• Feedback to Centres

General Comments

• Basic Skills

• Reading Questions

• Candidates’ Responses

• Specific Advice

Objective Test Questions

• Approach and working

• Guessing

• Read the question carefully

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Example 5

Preparation

• Practice as many as possible

• Ideal for lesson starters

• Ideal for homework

• Show me boards / Whiteboards

Written Response Questions

• Order of difficulty

• Connection between parts

• Working

Example 1

Example 2

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Finally

• Look at Marking Instructions

• Look at External Assessment Report

• Practice questions at all levels

• Set realistic targets