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Creating Practice Materials in Exambuilder

The document provides guidance on using ExamBuilder, a tool for creating practice materials for AS/A Level Mathematics B (MEI). It outlines various question types and their requirements, such as 'determine', 'prove', and 'verify', along with suggestions for creating topic tests, progress tests, and practice papers. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of aligning questions with the taught curriculum and offers a feedback mechanism for resource improvement.

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The document provides guidance on using ExamBuilder, a tool for creating practice materials for AS/A Level Mathematics B (MEI). It outlines various question types and their requirements, such as 'determine', 'prove', and 'verify', along with suggestions for creating topic tests, progress tests, and practice papers. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of aligning questions with the taught curriculum and offers a feedback mechanism for resource improvement.

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MATHEMATICS B (MEI)

Creating Practice Material using ExamBuilder


Introduction
ExamBuilder is a question-building tool which can be used for AS/A Level Mathematics B(MEI)
(H630/H640) and AS/A Level Further Mathematics B(MEI) (H635/H645).

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‘Determine’ ‘In this question you must ‘Show that’


show detailed reasoning.’
If you are asked to determine, If you are asked to show that a
you need to justify any results It’s always good practice to given result is true, your
found; you can’t just state the show workings but the response must clearly show the
answer, even if you can statement ‘In this question steps to get from the starting
generate it from the calculator. you must show detailed statement to the given answer.
reasoning.’ confirms there are
marks allocated for workings.

‘Find, Solve, Calculate’ ‘Verify’ ‘Prove’


If you are asked to find, solve If you are asked to verify a If you are asked to prove a
or calculate, you will be statement is correct then you mathematical statement, you
awarded full marks for the need to show the substitution will need to clearly define
correct answer without any into the required calculation variables, provide a valid
justification. The solution could clearly. mathematical argument with
be obtained using the calculator the correct algebraic
or from a graph. manipulation and state a
concise conclusion.

‘Give, State, Write down’ ‘Explain’ Exact answers


The instruction to give, state or Questions asking for
write down indicates that explanations are looking for
neither working nor justification concise but sufficiently detailed
is required. Fewer marks are statements. If two (or more) If a question asks for an exact
likely to be available for these reasons are required then answer it means not in rounded
questions. make sure you are not just form and it is unlikely that you
writing the same thing in a will be able to get the answer
different way. directly from your calculator.

‘Plot’ ‘Sketch’ ‘Draw’


If you are asked to plot, you A sketch does not need to be to If you are asked to draw a
must mark points accurately on scale but it should show the diagram, it should be to an
a graph. You may also need to main features. This could appropriate accuracy for the
join them with a curve or include: turning points, problem, including any labels,
straight line or draw a line of asymptotes, x- and y-axes annotations, lengths or angles
best fit through them. intersections and behaviour for as these may justify marks.
large x.

‘Hence’ ‘Hence or otherwise’ ‘You may use the result’


If the question uses the word If the question uses the phrase The phrase you may use the
hence, it is signalling that the hence or otherwise, you can result is giving you information
next step should be based on choose to use what has gone that you would not be expected
what has gone before. before or an alternative method to know, but which may be
which will be given full credit. helpful in answering the
question.

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Using ExamBuilder
ExamBuilder can be used in a number of different ways to support formative assessment. Whilst
not exhaustive, here are three suggestions:

Topic tests
Questions can be selected by topic section and subsection so it is simple to create topic tests.
ExamBuilder may pull up questions where the topic forms only part of the question or where the
topic has only a small part to play in answering a question about a more advanced topic. You may
need to remove any questions that are covering techniques that you have not yet taught or that are
not suitable for your students’ ability.
We also have a set of check in tests that cover the content of each section of the specification with
worked solutions, but they do not have marks allocated.

Progress tests
Several topic sections or subsections can be selected to filter questions, allowing you to create
progress tests to use at different stages of the course.
Again, ExamBuilder will list all the questions that have been tagged to the selected topics so you
will need to remove any questions that are covering techniques that you have not yet taught.
Unfamiliar questions which could be attempted using less efficient techniques that your students
already know, could be retained to add challenge. You would need to amend the ExamBuilder
mark scheme and mark allocation to reflect the expected technique.

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We have produced a small selection of progress tests focused on the pure content that exemplify
the type of resource that you could compile.

Progress Test Content

1 Algebra and trigonometry (AS/stage1)

2 Coordinate geometry, differentiation, exponential and logarithms (AS/stage1)

3 Algebra, binomial expansion and trigonometry (AS/stage 1)

4 Algebra and functions

5 Trigonometry

6 Trigonometry and series

7 Coordinate geometry, exponential and logarithms

8 Calculus (AS/stage 1)

9 Calculus

10 Calculus

11 Algebra, vectors, numerical methods and calculus

12 Proof, numerical methods and vectors

Practice papers
It is possible to compile a set of practice papers from ExamBuilder although it would be challenging
to meet the weightings of the assessment objectives.
An example set of papers for AS and A Level, with accompanying notes, can be found on
Interchange.

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