Pre-Topic Assessment for Targeted Teaching Transformations

I used the MEP chapter 7 Mental Test on Transformations, and created a Word document that didn't have the answers directly beside the questions. Students stick the target task sticker into their books, and have a copy of the transformations diagram between two of them to look at, while writing the answers the questions onto their sticker. The questions (Word doc) are put onto the board as a timed pre-assessment to the unit in order to identify weak areas of knowledge about the 4 transformations. After this, students exchange books to mark the answers and total up their scores. I used a coding system of circle (questions on translations), square (questions on rotations), triangle (questions on reflections) and rhombus (questions on enlargements). Giving 1 mark for every single answer (3 marks for Q8 on the first page, and 2 marks for each of questions 3,4,5 on the final page) and following the coding system, it breaks down the misconceptions of students into the 4 specific transformations they need further teaching on. I then structured the next few lessons into workplace areas to visit depending on which topic they needed the most practice. The starter of each lesson focused on knowledgeable students modelling correct working out on the board to provide scaffolding for weaker students, before they then went onto extended questions for themselves.