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All trainee teachers working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) must pass a computerized numeracy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of numeracy skills such as mental arithmetic and interpreting statistics, and can apply these in practice. This book outlines all of the test requirements and explains the essential subject knowledge. This Fifth Edition is updated throughout and includes a full practice test. Written by one of the authors of the actual skills tests, from the Alphaplus Consultancy, this text is an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive practice tool for the numeracy skills test.
All trainee teachers working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) must pass a computerised numeracy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of numeracy skills such as mental arithmetic and interpreting statistics and can apply these in practice. This book outlines all of the test requirements and explains the essential subject knowledge candidates will need. This revised fifth edition is updated throughout and now includes a full practice test. Written by one of the authors of the skills tests, from the Alphaplus Consultancy, this text is an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive practice tool for the numeracy skills test. This book helps the reader: - familiarise themselves with the skills and knowledge to be tested - fully understand the format and structure of the numeracy skills test - know what to expect on the day of the test Mark Patmore was until recently a senior lecturer in mathematical education in the Department of Education at Nottingham Trent University. He is an Associate of the AlphaPlus Consultancy and has written for the QTS Numeracy Skills Test.
This popular and widely recommended book outlines all the requirements of the Numeracy Skills Test. Written by one of the authors of the skills test itself, it explains the essential subject knowledge candidates need and includes practice questions for test preparation.
Written by examiners and practising teachers, this work offers study and homework support throughout GCSE. It is useful as a reference source, a lesson back-up and a revision guide.
Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's sense of itself in the nineteenth century? Not an old-fashioned approach to poetry, but a dynamic, contested, and inherently nontraditional field, "English meter" concerned issues of personal and national identity, class, education, patriotism, militarism, and the development of English literature as a discipline. The Rise and Fall of Meter tells the unknown story of English meter from the late eighteenth century until just after World War I. Uncovering a vast and unexplored archive in the history of poetics, Meredith Martin shows th...
Maths Challenge has been written to provide an enrichment programme for able students at lower secondary level.DT Challenges provide stimulating questions to help students think more deeply about basic mathematical ideasDT Comments and solutions explain the mathematical ideas and provide tips on how to approach later questionsDT A Glossary defines all the mathematical terms used in the books in a precise way, making the books self-containedDT Suitable for individual, group, or class work, in school, or at homeDT Fully trialled over the last ten years by a group of teachers and advisers led by Tony Gardiner
Supports ITT providers with a resource that allows trainees to audit their own skills, to find gaps and areas for development, to track progress in this development and to record competence.
"This book is fantastic and has been purchased by many of our students who have subsequently passed the skill test." - Sarah Martin-Denham, Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland All applicants to Initial Teacher Training in England need to PASS the QTS Literacy Skills Test before starting their course. This professional skills test is designed to ensure trainee teachers have a sound grasp of literacy skills such as comprehension and spelling and how to apply these in practice. This popular and widely recommended book outlines all of the requirements of the QTS Literacy Skills Test, explains the essential subject knowledge candidates need and includes practice questions f...
This book supports trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector in the assessment of their numeracy knowledge. A self-audit section is included to help trainees understand their level of competence and confidence in numeracy and will help them identify any gaps in their knowledge and skills. This is followed by exercises and activities to support and enhance learning. The book covers all the content of the LLUK standards for the minimum core for numeracy. Coverage and assessment of the minimum core have to be embedded in all Certificate and Diploma courses leading to QTLS and ATLS status.
A seemingly idyllic English holiday park turns into the scene of a grisly murder and a perplexing case for Lambert & Hook Twin Lakes is a tranquil place. It is a complex of holiday homes in a particularly beautiful part of England. 'Rest Assured', says the sign at its entrance. And the people fortunate to occupy the luxury homes on the site are indeed able to relax in a beautiful setting. Then a series of mysterious threatening notes are delivered to one of the lakeside homes. DS Bert Hook conducts an informal investigation and the notes cease to appear. All is peaceful once more as spring moves into summer and the site is seen at its best. But suddenly a brutal death shatters the peace of this quiet place. As Lambert and Hook and the murder team investigate the crime, it emerges that the victim was by no means as innocent as most people thought him. And it seems that many of the residents lead far from ordinary lives and have secrets they will do anything to keep concealed . . .