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May News 2013

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:37:08 +0100

Create A Test biggest update since launch has now been live for a month and we have enjoyed receiving your feedback about the changes.School account u...

Britain’s greatest export: education

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:49:17 +0100

For a long time now Britain has been proud to educate far more than its far share of the worlds youth. Pupils travel from around the world to attend b...

School account re-invented

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:17:18 +0100

The really big changes you will notice with Create A Test: New Home Dashboard and improved usability throughout the site Create your own questions!...

What do we take pictures of?

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:45:33 +0100

I was flying back to the UK from Switzerland a few weeks ago and I saw this picture on the inflight easyjet magazine, Traveller (partially edited). I ...

Technology in Education Ltd

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:34:41 +0000

School account updatesCreate A Test is now a brand of Technology in Education Ltd. With recent changes we hope to bring you a faster developing produc...

Government GCSE u turn

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:10:50 +0000

Big changes to GCSEs may no longer be happening and many teachers are happy. One positive development may be on its way though. Schools themselv...

January 2013

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:56:02 +0000

New Year is here and we can see many of you are back making papers School account updatesNotice the new groups & pupils accounts section on your a...

key ingredients to make education better

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:00:25 +0000

Some of the Create A Test team went to the “End of the World” show at the Hammersmith Apollo this Christmas. Great mathematicians and scientists such ...

Christmas News 2012

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:56:49 +0000

Christmas approaches. A warm welcome to the schools joining Create A Test in the build up to this holiday season. School account updatesWe alrea...

Why does a negative multiplied by a negative equal a positive?

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:13:23 +0000

When I was at school I remember my first unit of work on negative numbers. In the second lesson, our teacher wrote the note below on the chalkboard an...

October 2012 News

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:27:54 +0000

With two months of the year already gone teachers hopefully know all of their pupils names, and students are turning up to the correct classrooms. Som...

Thinking before jumping

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:38:03 +0100

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. &nbs...

How should maths exams be graded?

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:08:49 +0100

How should maths exams be graded?The focus in education this summer has been the grading of GCSE exams. Pupils across the country have received lower ...

Create A Test School & Educational Establishments Modifications Live!!

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:06:01 +0100

Create A Test School & Educational Establishments Modifications Live!!As many of you will know we have now launched the updated School & Educa...

August 2012 News

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:48:32 +0100

Big changes to the design of the school account We have been working hard to update the look and usability of the school account during the summer hol...

July 2012 News

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:35:10 +0100

The summer holidays are here and we know many of our users are either enjoying the Olympics or the sun shine (abroad most likely). Hopefully the Olymp...

Blog Create A Test June 2012

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:08:06 +0100

Create A Test News Exam time is coming to an end and we hope you are looking forward to the summer. The holidays are a good time for teachers to...

May News

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:26:22 +0100

Create A Test News May 2012A short newsletter this month as exam time is here and priorities are now on the current exams. As you can understand we wi...

The most powerful force in the Universe?

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:29:16 +0100

Compound interest: the most powerful force in the universe? Compound interest is a very impressive force and it is an interesting part of mathematics....

April News

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:07:13 +0100

April 2012 Create A Test News. Easter is over and hopefully everyone enjoyed the two weeks away from school. Now though it is time to get back to the ...

Maths a universal language

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:09:15 +0100

If you travel between countries and are not able to speak in another language other than English you can have problems. This is less of a problem toda...

Create A Test March News

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:03:57 +0000

Further Development in School Account The school account has developed once again with improved functionality and quicker loading times on older compu...

Ofqual tightens up mathematics GCSE exam and some of our exam experiences

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:11:34 +0000

Ofqual tightens up mathematics GCSE examOfqual wants to tighten up GCSE mathematics so that students study the whole curriculum rather than a subset o...

Create A Test February News

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:23:51 +0000

Create A Test NewsAs you may already have noticed, here at Create A Test we have been working hard to bring new features and enhancements to the diffe...

GCSE vs IGCSE: The debate starts again

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:55:14 +0000

GCSE vs IGCSE: The debate starts againThe IGCSE (international GCSE)Some schools in the UK have now moved fully or at least partly over the IGCSE base...

Understanding Important League Tables: Why are football league tables flawed?

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:59:48 +0000

What do the football league tables show? I would suggest that the league tables show which team has the best players not which team produces the best ...

Merry Christmas from Create A Test: New Features on Create A Test

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:01:44 +0000

Christmas day is nearly here and here at Create A Test we have been working hard to bring new features and enhancements to the different accounts we p...

Un-Interesting Numbers

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:18:29 +0000

Many numbers are interesting for their specific properties, for example:2the smallest even prime number2! = 2a Fibonacci number25= 5 x 5 - A squ...

The Trouble with Time

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:57:07 +0100

The end of October is creeping up, and as with every year since 1916 the clocks will change. In the UK (along with the most of the European Union) clo...

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:12:54 +0100

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?There are many careers that mathematicians can go into, some of which can be very lucrative.However if you really want t...

New Website and GCSE / IGCSE Results

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:36:25 +0100

We would like to welcome everyone to our updated Create A Test website. Thank you to everyone who gave us feedback and help in producing this updated ...

Bad Statistics

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:49:11 +0100

A journalist, a psychologist and a statistician are travelling from London to Edinburgh by train. As the train crosses the border, the three traveller...

Exam bloopers!

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:03:13 +0100

Here are some exam answers to avoid. Using Create A Test should help reduce the following types of mistake... 1. Question: Expand (x+2)(x+3)Answer: ( ...

What's the Point?

Tue, 24 May 2011 18:43:30 +0100

What's the Point?If you're sick of sequences, you've had it with histograms and can't see the point of Pythagoras, then take a look at some of the art...

Osmosis, meditation and hypnosis: What is the best way to revise?

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:02:33 +0100

Osmosis, meditation and hypnosis: What is the best way to revise? Revision time is an important part of the year for budding mathematicians (as well a...

Maths videos: A good watch for all or just something for a Maths teacher to use just before a Christmas break?

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:05:23 +0000

Recently there has been a large stream of Maths and Science videos to entertain us on BBC 4. Some of these programs have managed to bring in much larg...

The "English Bac" Why 5 out of 6 pupils are failing according to the government

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:05:51 +0000

What is the English Bac?The English Bac is awarded to GCSE pupils who achieve a C grade or above in Maths, English, a science, a foreign language and ...

Does Homer Simpson think Maths is important?

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:10:51 +0000

Why do we keep hearing acronyms like STEM subjects? Why are the Maths results for a school so important in how it is ranked? Why is the government cut...