With under 50 days to go to the Maths GCSE (my hands are trembling writing that number!), I just wanted to share a few, exciting things we have put together at Diagnostic Questions that IContinue reading
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Bearings – The Answered Revealed!
Bearings are the kind of topic that students cannot bear (sorry). The tend to sneak their way into several key topics, most notably angle facts, construction and trigonometry. Hence, if a student’s understanding of bearings isContinue reading
Bearings – Guess the Misconception
Last week we looked at a question on the area of a triangle, and two very different misconceptions came to light (see last week’s results). How will you fare predicting the most common student misconception on thisContinue reading
Area of a Triangle – The Answers Revealed!
Last week’s question on the area of a triangle brought up two key, but completely different misconceptions. And the one teachers felt was the most popular was in fact beaten into second place by another nastyContinue reading
Area of a Triangle – Guess the Misconception
Last week we looked at a question on Fractions and Decimals, and the reason for the biggest misconception was a very surprising one (see last week’s results). How will you fare predicting the most commonContinue reading
Fractions and Decimals – The Answers Revealed!
Last week’s question on fractions and decimals has been written by AQA as a taster to the kind of questions students can expect on the 2017 Maths GCSE. As some of you may know, AQA will haveContinue reading
Fractions and Decimals – Guess the Misconception
Last week we looked at Tree Diagrams, and something very exciting happened! The most common misconception, as predicted by teachers, did not match the most common misconception held by students. (see last week’s results). This is exciting, asContinue reading
Tree Diagrams – The Answers Revealed!
It is a very exciting week in the world of Guess the Misconception (for me, anyway!). Because, after a very impressive run, I am afraid to say that the teachers have incorrectly predicted the mostContinue reading
Free GCSE Maths Revision Streams
February 16th marks the start of the 100 Days to GCSE Maths countdown. Celebrate in style with our completely free GCSE Maths Revision Streams from Diagnostic Questions! Choose from either Higher or Foundation, and eachContinue reading
Tree Diagrams – Guess the Misconception
It’s five in a row for the teachers, having once again correctly predicted the most common student misconception in a straight line graphs question (see last week’s results). This week we take a look at aContinue reading
Straight Line Graphs – The Answers Revealed!
Well, it is four in a row for teachers, as once again you successfully predicted the most common student misconception to the following question on straight line graphs. But it was a close one! Indeed,Continue reading
Straight Line Graphs – Guess the Misconception
A perfect start for teachers so far, having once again correctly predicted the most common student misconception in a reverse mean question (see last week’s results). This week we turn our to a question on straight lineContinue reading
Reverse Mean – The Answers Revealed!
The hat-trick was on this week, and the teacher members of my Diagnostic Questions website certainly did not bottle it. Once again, you correctly predicted the most common misconception that students had with the followingContinue reading
Reverse Mean – Guess the Misconception
It is currently 2-0 to teachers, having correctly guessed the most popular misconception in last week’s Gradient question (see last week’s results). This week we turn our attention to the increasingly popular exam topic of reverseContinue reading
Gradient – The Answers Revealed!
Last week I challenged you to play the another round of Guess the Misconception. I asked you to predict the most popular incorrect answer that students from all around the world gave to the following questionContinue reading
Free GCSE Maths Intervention Quizzes
I have produced a new set of free GCSE Maths quizzes on my Diagnostic Questions website. These quizzes have been designed to test the effectiveness of any GCSE intervention strategy. This might be after school classes, a seriesContinue reading
Gradient – Guess the Misconception
Last week teachers around the world correctly predicted the most common misconception that students had on a question about missing lengths in a perimeter question (click here for the results). How will you fare withContinue reading
Missing Lengths – The Answers Revealed!
Last week I challenged you to play the game that everyone is talking about – and by everyone, I mean me – Guess the Misconception. I asked you to predict the most popular incorrect answer thatContinue reading
Missing Lengths – Guess the Misconception
We are going to try something a bit different with Insight of the Week going forward. We are going to play a game that I have invented called “Guess the Misconception” – it is aContinue reading
BIDMAS (order of operations) – GCSE Maths Insight of the Week 10
What misconceptions do students have with the order of operations, otherwise knows as BIDMAS, BODMAS or PEDMAS? Similar to last week, we again saw some wonderfully answered questions on GCSE Essential Skills Quiz 10, suggestingContinue reading