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The tools below are of two main kinds and are briefly described here:

  • Lesson plans which have been developed, based on the experience of teachers who used the original plans, and which could be used in your classroom.
  • Narratives which provide an account of what happened in FaSMEd classrooms and from which you can develop your own lesson ideas.

Primary
Areas and Perimeters: xxx (English)
Equivalence of Fractions: xxx (English)
Improper Fractions: xxx (English)
Introduction to Fractions: A series of lessons xxx (English
Tessellations: xxx (English)
The Archaeologist Giancarlo: A series of lessons about xxxx (English)
Festa di Primavera: A series of lesson about xxx (Italian only)

Lower Secondary
Algebraic Expressions: xxx (English)
Applying Properties of Exponents: Matching expressions and statements involving exponents (English) lesson plan
Can I sketch a graph based on a given situation?: A digital tool for formative self-assessment (English and German) lesson plan
Designing Candy Cartons: A problem-solving activity involving 3D shapes and nets (English)
Developing a Sense of Scale: A lesson unit assessing how well students recognize the relationships of direct propertions (English)
Directed Numbers: xxx (English)
Fractions: A module in the web-based Digital Assessment Environment (DAE) to assess students’ understanding of fractions (English and Dutch)
Graphs: A module in the web-based Digital Assessment Environment (DAE) to assess students’ understanding of graphs (English and Dutch)
Interpreting Equations: Matching algebraic equations with descriptions (English) lesson plan
Metric System: A module in the web-based Digital Assessment Environment (DAE) to assess students’ understanding of the metric system (English and Dutch)
Properties of Quadrilaterals: Determining which quadrilateral is defined by a set of properties (English) lesson plan
Percentages: A module in the web-based Digital Assessment Environment (DAE) to assess students’ understanding of(English and Dutch)
Security Cameras: A problem-solving activity about optimising involving the construction and calculation of areas and  comparing percentages (English)
Selling Soup: A problem-solving activity about proportional relationships and the ratio concept in the context of maximising profit (English)
Scales: xxxxxx (English)
Sharing Costs Traveling to School: A problem-solving activity about understanding the ratio concept and mathematical reasoning (English)
The “Magic V” Investigation: xxx (English) narrative

Upper Secondary
Algebraic Equations: xxx (English)
Introducing Probability: A 3 lesson sequence defining the notion of probability through a gome situation using tablets (English)
Linear Functions: A sequence of lessons introducing the topic of linear functions involving the use of tablets for formative assessment (English)
The Meatball Problem: xxx (English)
Test

Formative assessment in Science and
Mathematics Education (FaSMEd)
The Research Centre for Learning and Teaching
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
UK

Email: fasmed@ncl.ac.uk