Fully interactive online modules to help students master key concepts and skills in year 7 and 8. Based on the successful 'Complete Mastery' programme. Summer term modules available from 27 March - see below.
Mastery Science Online offers:
An ideal solution for home learning
A systematic approach to acquire, apply and analyse knowledge (AO1,2 and 3)
2-3 hours self-study per module
Engaging, interactive student experience
Crystal-clear visual explanations with narration
Short quizzes after each knowledge item
Diagnostic quizzes, and optional teacher-marked assignments
Differentiated with extension activities
Easy sign-up for students using the school code provided
Weekly reports to the school on student progress
Completion certificates for students
2. • An online version of Complete Mastery
• Simple to use, interactive and
engaging for students
• Variety of learning activities and
assessments
• Reports of student achievement
• Delivered through any web browser
Mastery learning - online
3. Modules for Year 7 and 8
• Each module teaches a Key Concept from Blueprint (5-year curriculum)
• Based on the successful 'Complete Mastery' programme
• 2-3 hours self-study per module
5. Motivating
student
experience
• Interactive and engaging
• Crystal-clear visual explanations with
narration
• Step by step support for conceptual
learning, skills and reasoning
• Immediate feedback
• Independent learning that develops
confidence and self-belief
• Certificate at the end of the module
to show achievement
6. Variety of task types
• Engagement right from the
beginning with a scenario and
question which drives the course
• Explore tasks – real investigations
that can be done at home
• Videos, images and animations
• Interactivity after each
knowledge item with challenge,
response and feedback
• Variety of assessment styles
7. Voice narrated slides
• Visual slides go step by step through ideas and examples
• Reduced text, accessible for all students
8. Extension activities
• Each module has an extension section with more advanced material,
and suggestions to explore more online.
9. Activate prerequisite concepts and repair
faulty knowledge
Build a well-organised schema around the key
concept
Strategies to use the schema in unfamiliar
situations
Check understanding and application of key
concept
Each module has 5 learning stages
11. Self-assessed assignments
Student downloads sheet.
Writes answer.
Uploads to complete assignment.
They then get access to a ‘model
answer’ to self-assess.
Optionally can send it to school’s learning
platform/email if teacher wants to grade.
ü Activates prior knowledge
ü Identifies and corrects knowledge gaps and
misconceptions
13. Learn knowledge and skills for AO1
What conclusion can you draw?
• Each module consists of mini-
lessons
• Each mini-lesson teaches one
item of scientific knowledge or
skill (from Blueprint planner
• Visual slides go through ideas and
examples step by step
• Skills are embedded into each
concept
• Frequent questioning for self-
assessment of understanding
14. Questions to check understanding
• Students can be independent
learners getting instant
feedback on their recall and
understanding of each
knowledge item
• Questions are designed to
check for misconceptions
• A variety of styles, with
answers and feedback
15. Real science investigations at home
• Each Acquire lesson includes a
’hands-on’ task, such as a
simulation, or simple experiment
to be done at home with readily
available equipment
17. Problem-solving for AO2
• Narrated worked example to
model an expert’s thinking process
• Demonstration of how to use a 3-
step process for successfully solving
unfamiliar questions (detect, recall,
solve).
• ‘Your turn’ questions for the
students to try.
19. Challenging tasks for AO3
• Scaffold sheet for guidance using
3 step process plus hints
• Marking guide
• One Analyse task per module,
which acts as an extension task
21. Assessment
• Activate tasks check prior ideas
at the start of a module, with
feedback
• Assess quizzes check
understanding after, and reveal
gaps and misconceptions, with
feedback
• ‘My learning' checklist helps
students review whether they
understand each science idea
and report on progress
22. Diagnostic quizzes to test AO1/2
understanding
Student completes multiple-
choice quiz.
Their answers are auto-marked.
23. Meaningful feedback
Students get feedback on their answers and compare these to the
correct answer to identify gaps and misconceptions.
There are suggestions for how they can 'rethink' their learning.
24. Monitoring
• Each school gets a weekly
report
• It tells you whether each student
has completed the module and
their % on the diagnostic quiz.
• Students receive a certificate on
completion