Mastery in primary science
September 2019 | 152 pages | Learning Matters
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ISBN: 9781526472694
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What does 'mastery' look like in primary science?  How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it?

This book explores how ‘rich’ learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science.  

- Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities
- Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding
- Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning
- Explores the theories behind 'mastery' for primary science

Contents

Part 1: The Theory behind mastery in primary science

  • 1. The effective teaching of primary science
  • 2. The importance of questions in primary science
  • 3. Mastery in primary science
  • 4. Linking planning and assessment together to evidence mastery

Part 2: Assessing Mastery at ‘greater depth’

  • 5. Science in Early Years settings
  • 6. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 1
  • 7. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 2
  • 8. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 3
  • 9. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 4
  • 10. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 5
  • 11. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 6

Description

What does 'mastery' look like in primary science?  How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it?

This book explores how ‘rich’ learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science.  

- Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities
- Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding
- Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning
- Explores the theories behind 'mastery' for primary science

Contents

Part 1: The Theory behind mastery in primary science

  • 1. The effective teaching of primary science
  • 2. The importance of questions in primary science
  • 3. Mastery in primary science
  • 4. Linking planning and assessment together to evidence mastery

Part 2: Assessing Mastery at ‘greater depth’

  • 5. Science in Early Years settings
  • 6. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 1
  • 7. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 2
  • 8. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 3
  • 9. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 4
  • 10. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 5
  • 11. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 6
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Mastery in primary science


September 2019 | 152 pages | Learning Matters

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Hardcover 31/03/2026 9781526472694 $123.00
Paperback 31/03/2026 9781526472700 $68.00

What does 'mastery' look like in primary science?  How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it?

This book explores how ‘rich’ learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science.  

- Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities
- Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding
- Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning
- Explores the theories behind 'mastery' for primary science

Table Of Contents:

  • Part 1: The Theory behind mastery in primary science
  • 1. The effective teaching of primary science
  • 2. The importance of questions in primary science
  • 3. Mastery in primary science
  • 4. Linking planning and assessment together to evidence mastery
  • Part 2: Assessing Mastery at ‘greater depth’
  • 5. Science in Early Years settings
  • 6. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 1
  • 7. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 2
  • 8. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 3
  • 9. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 4
  • 10. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 5
  • 11. Activities linked to the National Curriculum – Year 6

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