What is Topic Focus?
Maths-Whizz presents students with lessons appropriate for their current maths level (determined by the initial assessment and previous work in the tutor). Topic Focus allows teachers to direct the tutor to any topic in the maths curriculum. Topic Focus can be set for individuals, groups of students or whole class. Teachers may assign different topics to different students. The Tutor will then provide differentiated support within the selected topics.
How to set up Topic Focus?
Topic Focus can be found under Reports on the menu. Students listed as ‘Not ready for this topic’ or ‘Topic Completed’ will continue to receive lessons from all available topics. Lessons in the selected topic will continue until the student achieves three progressions or until the assigned end date, whichever comes first. Topic Focus will also end if the student completes the topic with fewer than three progressions, or if the teacher cancels the Topic Focus before it concludes.
You can view each student’s Topic Focus activity in the same section.
How does Topic Focus work?
* Excludes students not yet ready for the selected topic
** Whichever occurs first
When should I use Topic Focus?
Topic Focus may be appropriate for:
• Complementing what is currently being taught in the daily maths lesson
• Pre-teaching - prepare students on what is going to be taught
• Consolidating the learning in the lesson
• Homework assignments
• Re-visiting previously taught topics
• Target weaker topics & fill knowledge gaps.
• Help with revision prior to an exam.
• Introduce a new topic in a scheme of work.
• Consolidate knowledge at the end of a topic in a scheme of work