Scientifically-proven learning strategies for science students
We are strong believers in the scientific method employed by cognitive psychologists over many decades to understand the relative effectiveness of different learning strategies. They’ve found spaced retrieval practice works best; particularly when students receive corrective feedback and practise with a varied and consistent test format (lots of different question types that are as close as possible to those faced in the final exam).
GCSE Prepper delivers this optimal learning strategy. Not only do we uniquely enable students to practise every type of GCSE science question, we provide detailed feedback, tailored to their answer, after each attempt. Finally, we optimise question selection to meet the needs of each student.
Teachers benefit from no longer having to set, and mark, homework; secure in the knowledge they are doing what’s best for their students. They can use some of the time saved to analyse our intuitive reports designed to aid with improving student motivation and lesson planning.
Maximise the return from revision time
GCSE Prepper helps students employ the revision techniques that scientists have proven to be the most effective.
Please get in touch if you’d like to find out more about how GCSE Prepper can help you, your students, or your children, get the absolute most out of every second spent revising.
Realistic GCSE exam practise
We are unique in allowing students to practise answering the full range of question styles they will face in their GCSE (up to, and including, the most complex); with marking that mirrors that of the exam boards.
Instant, tailored, high quality feedback
After every attempt, we provide students with detailed feedback; tailored to their answer. It’s the kind of feedback the very best teachers would provide if they had time. Research shows it’s the key to maximising impact.
Intuitive, insightful reporting
Our powerful, intuitive reporting tool provides everything needed to monitor, and motivate, students. It also highlights strengths and weaknesses to guide future activity.
Personalised question selection
GCSE Prepper’s ‘optimised’ mode tailors question selection to meet the needs of the student; based on their ability, strengths and weaknesses and what they’ve been taught.
Integrated revision guides
On each question, the ‘need a hint’ button takes the user to the correct page of an online revision guide. This enables students to quickly close any gaps in their knowledge.
Specific to the exam board / qualification
Our massive question bank of questions is organised to mirror the structure used by the specific Exam Board for the specific subject / qualification; covering 100% of the required content and NOTHING more.
‘Statistically strong correlation between time spent on GCSE Prepper and GCSEs results.’
Jan 2023: Preliminary Impact Study Results are in from our Academic partners.
GCSEPrepper – great for students, teachers, headteachers and parents!
More effective revision leads to a better understanding of the subject and BETTER GRADES; the main goal of all interested parties.
Teachers also get to reduce the time they have to spend on repetitive marking tasks; the kind of tasks that computers love. This time can be redeployed more usefully analysing GCSE Prepper reports; for example:
- Scatter graphs of performance vs effort can be used to help students understand the relationship between the two – in order to improve student motivation
- Aggregated class performance reports that highlights collective strengths and weaknesses as input to lesson planning
Everybody benefits from the increased visibility on progress – so that any interventions can be early and focused.
Set homework in seconds with our intuitive test-setting wizard
Questions are organised to mirror the structure of the qualification being studied; making it quick and easy to set tasks for each class (or stream within a class).
They can even be scheduled in advance so that you can plan weeks ahead if you like to work this way.
You’ll also receive clear information on how long students spent on the assignment, how long they spent reviewing their feedback after it was marked, and whether there were particular questions that the class found particularly difficult.
The optimal experience for students / less time spent marking for teachers
Our mission is to enable students to use the learning experience that research shows is most effective at delivering durable learning – whilst simultaneously minimising teacher workload
Students can practise answering the full range of question styles they will face in their exams (including 6-markers). We also provide students with detailed feedback after every attempt – tailored to their answer.
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Courses Covered
GCSE Prepper develops content that is specific to every Exam Board and subject covered.
So far we have developed bespoke content for the Subjects / Boards displayed to the right. This list will continue to grow, but please contact us using the ‘Get in Touch’ button below if there is a specific subject for a specific Exam Board that you’d like to see.
AQA
Biology Higher
Chemistry Higher
Physics Higher
Physical Education Computer Science Combined Science Trilogy: Biology Combined Science Trilogy: Chemistry Combined Science Trilogy: Physics
Edexel GCSE
Biology
Physics
Edexel IGCSE
Biology
Combined Science – Biology
Cambridge IGCSE
Chemistry
Physics
KS3
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