Friday, August 16, 2019

Multiple Alternative Questions

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) bring ever been pop inward maths inward roughly parts of the world. In recent years they bring gained popularity inward England in addition to Wales, in addition to are similar a shot usually used every bit a diagnostic tool inward the classroom. MCQs are also similar a shot a commutation characteristic of AQA's GCSE papers.

Some teachers bring been scream for where they tin discovery MCQs that are aligned amongst our curriculum. I've listed roughly sources below - if y'all bring anything to add, delight email me.

1. Foundation in addition to Higher GCSE Multiple Choice Questions by Topic
Suitable for Key Stage three in addition to 4.
I institute these multiple choice quizzes at function - I believe they were written past times Julie Bolter, likely to accompany a textbook. There are quizzes for a seat out of topics including sequences, measure shape in addition to coordinates.
2. Foundation in addition to Higher GCSE Multiple Choice Revision Questions
Suitable for Key Stage three in addition to 4.
There's a large selection of multiple choice questions here, both inward PowerPoint in addition to Word. The topics are mixed then these would move useful for examination revision or retrieval practice. Thanks to Mitesh Patel for sending me these. We don't know the master copy source then delight tweet or e-mail me if y'all know.
3. Diagnostic Questions
Suitable for Key Stages ane - 5.
This fantastic website from Craig Barton has a huge hit of multiple choice questions, contributed past times users. You tin chop-chop do quizzes for purpose amongst mini-whiteboards, voting cards or Plickers. The most powerful seem of this website is the chance to laid students quizzes online - this allows teachers to read explanations in addition to thence analyse students' thinking.
It's worth checking out the ready made quiz collections including quizzes from White Rose, UKMT, Edexcel, AQA in addition to OCR.

Grace Horne, who is Head of Maths at Kettering Science Academy, has sent me her amazing set of multiple choice quizzes. She's made 85 consistently formatted quizzes, each containing 5 questions drawn from diagnosticquestions.com. Quizzes are categorised past times topic in addition to GCSE tier. Answers are provided. This is a really helpful resource! Huge thank y'all to Grace for sharing this.
4. SQA
Suitable for Key Stage 5.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority used to set Objective Tests for Higher Mathematics. These comprise lovely questions for Year 12 in addition to 13, roofing topics such every bit calculus, trigonometry, sequences, vectors in addition to the equation of a circle. Thanks to Helen Dey for telling me most these. Thanks also to @mrallanmaths for sharing this editable banking concern of Objective Test questions.
5. Integral
Suitable for Key Stage 5.
MEI provides a slap-up selection of multiple choice tests for H5N1 score Maths in addition to Further Maths on Integral (school login required). The representative below is from a Normal Distribution assessment for Edexcel S1.
6. 30 Number Starters
Suitable for Key Stage three in addition to 4.
Ben Cooper (@bcoops_online) on TES provides a PowerPoint of 30 multiple choice quizzes for diverse seat out topics including fractions, decimals in addition to percentages. 
7. Functional MCQs
Suitable for Key Stage ii in addition to 3.
Thanks to Jon Treby for this laid of Functional Multiple Choice Questions. They are separate past times topic in addition to all questions are contextual.
8. Foundation of Advanced Mathematics 
Suitable for Key Stage 4.
Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) wrote a post most using multiple choice questions from Foundation of Advanced Mathematics exams for Year 10 revision competitions. There's a seat out of past times papers to depict questions from - most of the topics are from GCSE in addition to the questions are suitable for extension inward Year 10 in addition to 11.
There's lots to explore here! If I've missed anything, delight e-mail it to resourceaholic@gmail.com. Thank you!