Mathematics teaching materials

Authentic Assessment
Testing Language, Maths, Science & Technology in the Primary School

Written by Jan Stewart and the Shell Centre team; UCLES & Shell Centre, 1992 & 1993.

Each pack contains one Teachers' Book and 30 Pupils' Booklets.

Minibeasts pack
Price in UK pounds: £20.
Puppets pack
Price in UK pounds: £20.
Shadows pack
Price in UK pounds: £20.
Quiz game pack
Price in UK pounds: £20.

The Authentic Assessment Project sets out to develop rich curriculum activities with national assessment incorporated in a natural way. Teachers find working with these units an enjoyable experience for themselves as well as their pupils, and a refreshing contrast to other forms of assessment. The materials are the product of a collaboration between the Shell Centre and UCLES (University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate). The main focus is on the additional assessment and reporting that primary teachers are having to undertake.

MINIBEASTS

• Enjoying a book search for a flying minibeast.
• Designing a finger puppet.
• Writing invitations and giving a puppet show.
• Organising data and construction of minibeast graphs.
• Finding out where spiders live and how to name them.
• Meeting an unusual centipede and planning its lunch.
• Finding and observing a minibeast.

PUPPETS

• Comparing actions children can do with three types of puppets.
• Finding out about favourite puppets and how they work.
• Collecting data on known puppets.
• Making puppets.
• Planning and producing a simple puppet show.

SHADOWS

• Looking for and describing shadows.
• Watching the changing shape and position of shadows.
• Hand shadows.
• Enjoying a shadow puppet show; then retelling the story.
• Recognising characters in the story and their order of appearance.
• Designing and working shadow puppets.

QUIZ GAME

• Making a quiz mouse.
• Playing a mini Maths quiz game.
• Timing and recording results.
• Designing and playing a version of the game in a topic of the teacher's choice.