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OCR GCSE Mathematics
Assessment Objectives

OCR GCSE Maths Assessment Objectives — Exam Prep

OCR only, for OCR GCSE (9–1) Mathematics (J560). A working manual for a GCSE mathematics department. It moves in one direction: specification, curriculum, teaching, assessment, intervention, examination. That is the order in which the decisions get made. Part One is the only board-specific part, and it is quoted verbatim. Everything after it is subject pedagogy that is true whichever board you teach.

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£4.99The OCR GCSE Mathematics exam board playbook, 39 pages

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Three papers, two tiersThree papers per tier, each 1 hour 30, each 33⅓%. The second paper of each tier is non-calculator.

  1. AO1Use and apply standard techniques
  2. AO2Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically
  3. AO3Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts
Cover of OCR GCSE Mathematics Assessment Objectives — Exam Preparation

Written for this specification. Part One is board-specific and quoted verbatim from OCR’s own document; everything after it is about how the assessment works and how students gain marks.

The assessment objectives are worded almost identically across boards and weighted differently, so this book covers OCR only. Check the board you teach before buying.

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OCR GCSE (9–1) Mathematics (J560)
Intended for
teachers, heads of department and SLT. Not a student revision guide
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39 pages · 31 sections

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PART ONE — THE QUALIFICATION

01Three papers, two tiersp5
02The three assessment objectivesp6
03Where the marks live, by tierp7
04Topic weightings by tierp8
05Sketch and plot are not the samep9

PART TWO — CURRICULUM

06Fluency, reasoning, problem solvingp11
07Five sequencing principlesp12

PART THREE — TEACHING

08Worked examplesp14
09Variationp15
10Diagnostic questioningp16
11Differentiationp17
12New to the departmentp18

PART FOUR — ASSESSMENT, MISCONCEPTIONS AND THE EXAMINATION

13Method marksp20
14The misconception clinicp21
15Examination techniquep22
16From 3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 9p23
17Assessment and markingp24
18Mock autopsy and interventionp25

PART FIVE — LEADING THE DEPARTMENT

19What to monitor, and the tier decisionp27
20Department action plan (tool)p28
21Sources and accuracyp29
22GCSE ready check (tool)p30
23Curriculum health check (tool)p31
24Examination analysis and CPDp32
25What each AO really meansp33
26Understanding mark schemesp34
27Weak to exceptional, comparedp35
28Why students lose marksp36
29Understanding examiner reportsp37
30Question-level analysisp38
31SLT and faculty review questionsp39
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