What a topic is and how it is represented and used within the app
What is a topic?
A topic is a themed sequence of layermaths topic such as expand
A topic is made up of a number of "small bites" of learning called layers.
The strands layers within the topic are numbered, with 1 being the easiest.
The skills/knowledge/methods from strand layer 1 are sometimes required for strand layer 2 and sometimes the skills/knowledge/methods for strand layer 1 is unconnected but easier than those for strand layer 2.
Some topics have only a few strandslayers, some have many. The topic stem and leaf has 3 strands and BIDMAS currently has 2 layers and value of (: index) - pdf & mp4 has 15 strandslayers.
Give me an example
You can find examples of the kind of questions for each strand layer from a pdf document. See learning resourcesfor for a list of all of thesethe topics.
The topic calculator skills has 8 strandslayers.
The skills and knowledge from strand layer 1, strand layer 2 and strand layer 3 are required to learn strand layer 4.
The skills/knowledge/method from correct to strand layer 2 e.g. " Write 637.647 correct to 1 decimal place." is required for calculator skills strand layer 6 (calculatorSkills6.pdf)
The strand layer number gives an indication of the level within a topic but not between topics.
For example add strand layer 4 - adding two double digits, is easier than ratio strand layer 1 sharing an amount of money into a given ratio.
| add strand layer 4 | ratio strand layer 1 |
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4. Karolina has 62 stickers. She gets given 24 stickers and sticks them on a wall. How many stickers did Karolina stick on the wall. |
(a) Faith and Katy share £35 in the ratio 3 : 2 Work out how much each person gets. There are two types of magazine, monthly magazines and weekly magazines. The ratio of the number of monthly magazines to the number of weekly magazines is 5 : 2 The total number of magazines is 28 Work out the number of monthly magazines. |
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How to see all the topics and its strands layers outside the app?
The list of topics is found in learning resources and by clicking on any topic name you can find out about what is in each strandlayer.
How to see all the topics within the app?
The topics available are shown on the home page Home / Classes / classname
How to see all the strands layers within a topic within the app?
The strands layers are shown in Progress on Topic found in the Home / Classes / classname / Progress on Topic page.
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