Mastery for GCSE AQA

Summary

This unit focuses on developing mastery in the basic and developing concepts of probability. The probability scale is explored; assigning values using fractions, decimals and percentages to the likelihood of an event. Students are encouraged to be systematic when listing outcomes of single or combined events and to use appropriate forms to display outcomes such as two-way tables. Procedural variation in questioning is used to good effect to underpin the learning. Probability experiments are explored practically with relative frequencies calculated and compared to theoretical probabilities. Theoretical probabilities are found from models and used to solve problems. The unit is rounded off by a consideration of mutually exclusive events and associated calculations including adding simple probabilities and finding the probability of successive events.

What's included in the toolkit?

Order and download the free teaching unit in this series

The GCSE units have been written to satisfy the specification for the AQA 8300 Maths GCSE. Each unit contains:

• PowerPoint slides for each component
• Detailed lesson plans
• Learning objectives and outcomes
• Worksheets and homework activities with answers
• End-of-unit, exam-style assessment test with answers
• Other material and links to online resources

What people say...

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Supply teachers or cover supervisors can be given the PowerPoint presentations to run the lesson. I only wish I had this available when I was head of department. I would have been able to set work quickly, knowing that the material was covered, explanations were sound and the practice questions were well supported.

Heather Davis. Mathematics Education Consultant,

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The worksheets are well written and the students seemed comfortable with the format. Some interesting questions too, which fit well with the new GCSE course.

Tamsin Woolford. Mathematics teacher, Clayesmore School