Grade 7 cover-and-recall self-quiz on a cells and microscopy knowledge organiser

Grade 7 (Year 8, age 12 to 13) · 40 min · 1 device per student

Year 8 are halfway through their cells and microscopy unit, with an assessment in two weeks. The teacher shares the unit knowledge organiser as a view-only Google Doc: 15 keywords such as nucleus, cell membrane, mitochondria, chloroplast, cell wall and magnification in the left column, with definitions on the right. Students open it on their iPads, cover the definitions column with a card bookmark, write each definition in their books from memory, then uncover it and tick or correct their answer. After three rounds the doc is closed and students write five definitions from memory as an exit ticket, which the teacher collects to spot shared misconceptions.

Why this is Passive Replace

Students read the knowledge organiser on screen and do their recalling in their heads and in their books, so the device carries text for them to read. The cover-and-recall routine and the collected exit ticket are the same as with the printed organiser in the back of their books.

Compared with

The printed knowledge organiser glued into the back of exercise books.

Watch out

If the organiser were turned into self-marking flashcards or a Wayground quiz, students would be answering through the tech, which is Interactive.

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