1. Check Questions tab in the Insights feature to identify the gaps and areas where your students are struggling and need support.
This feature shows the percentage of total questions answered correctly from all questions taken by the student (assignment questions, strength questions in the Practice Centre, and exercise questions in the book). Here, you as a teacher will be able to follow our heat map to get a better understanding of your student's performance and identify the areas where your students need more help. You can also filter the data by topic and/or activity type to get an even more detailed understanding of student performance. This will allow you to plan your revision class ahead of time and focus your time in class, best supporting any areas of weakness.
2. Use your valuable time in class to make use of our interactive material, boxes, and visual parts in the textbook.
This will allow you to make sure that the whole class obtains the same basic level of understanding in all areas, including those students that need any additional help.
3. Make sure your students have covered the required reading.
You can do this from your textbook or using our Statistics page. Send Reading Assignments reminding your students to complete their readings. Students who have already completed the readings will receive positive reinforcement seeing that they are already on top of things!
Textbook: Identify the students who have covered the required reading by clicking on the number shown under the topic. You can then use this information to send reading assignments from this section to those students who need to catch-up with their reading.
Insights feature: Check the Textbook tab in Insights to observe the student's progression on each part of the syllabus. The Textbook tab will allow you to see which sections of a topic the students have read and completed and sections that still need to be completed.
Students can also track their personal reading progress and can easily spot the areas they need to catch up on before they sit the exams. Guide them to the platform so they can do this in their own time. Students should aim to see only 'green colored' Progress markers in their individual Table of Contents as they approach the exam period.
4. Copy and resend your old question assignments.
A great benefit of using Kognity regularly during the school year is that any assignment can be copied between classes, and re-sent during revision periods. The 'copy icon' to the right of each assignment is a great time saver and allows you to manage several classes efficiently. You also have the option to view questions you haven't sent out to students before, so make sure to review the question list for each topic to confirm if you've covered everything.
5. Create new assignments or copy old assignments and save them under 'Draft assignments' in the Assignment section. The 'Draft assignments' can be easily created in advance and sent out in the future for revision purposes. This way you just need to push the 'send' button later on. The set of previously created assignments will be ready for your students to practice, test their knowledge, and enable you to identify any areas for further improvement.
6. Use the Exam Style Questions feature in your classroom.
The Exam Style Questions featured in Kognity are new questions in the same format as past exam questions. They are unique questions and paired with example answers and mark schemes, which have been created by examiners and teachers knowledgeable about what is required for the IBDP examinations. Your students will find the Exam Style Questions in their Practice Centre, and you can find the same questions in the Table of contents and your Assignment area.
In-class time: Utilise these questions as more advanced material to drive a higher level of discussion between your students. Share your screen with them and ask them to start a discussion around the Exam Style Question, providing their answers and the reasons for it. This will not only help you enhance student engagement in your class but also allow you to listen to the different answers and explanations your students have about a specific question.
Send them as an assignment: You can now send our exam-style questions as assignments. Students will complete them on a piece of paper and return this back to you for marking and grading. This is a great opportunity for your students to practice and get comfortable with this style of question, prior to sitting down and taking the actual exams.
Make sure to add instructions: Students will complete their assignments, whilst following the submission instructions that you have added to each individual assignment. It is important that you also explain these instructions during class time so that your students can ask you any questions that they may have and you can make sure that they have a good understanding of your requirements.
7. Don't forget to check the Exam tip boxes!
Our textbooks contain a number of Exam tip boxes that you can use to exam prep your students; ensuring they do not make the same mistakes as students from previous years. The Exam tip boxes build on what other students have struggled with in the exams.
8. Make sure that you use the Internal Assessment guide, found in your Table of Contents to aid exam preparation.
You can use this to help your students prepare for their exams and develop their research skills. The guide includes tips, criteria explanations, and examples.
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