Study Plus Resources

This set of resources, Study Plus, from the National Strategies is an intervention programme for Key Stage Four students that was designed to raise standards at GCSE, principally in English and mathematics, but also in other GCSE subjects by improving literacy, numeracy and learning in general.

As an approach, Study Plus was intended to help schools to move towards more personalised learning for students and is entirely consistent with the recommendations of the report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group (2020 Vision, DfES, January 2007).

Study Plus in mathematics was designed to give teachers and students the opportunity to explore an idea or a topic in great detail, with few time constraints. The topics that appeared to work most successfully in the pilot span a range of curriculum areas and a range of mathematical objectives. Working within topics allowed students to make connections and develop skills that are transferable.

The resource consists of a handbook containing general guidance and ten sample Study Plus units which cover:
*Place value, ordering and rounding, integers, powers and roots;
*Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion;
*Calculations – mental methods and written methods;
*Equations, formulae and identities;
*Sequences, functions and graphs;
*Shape and space, measures, handling data, probability, and using and applying mathematics through a variety of contexts and activities.