Our topic quizzes are designed to check understanding, reveal where students are going wrong and why, and offer targeted support where it’s needed most.
We use Diagnostic Questions to uncover misconceptions, then offer tailored interventions to help students resolve them 🚀
What is a topic quiz?
A topic quiz is a collection of 5 multiple-choice diagnostic questions on the topic you've selected. The questions increase in difficulty, and test the skills required in those topics.
For example, in the quiz Count forwards and backwards 1, we have one question on each of these constructs:
Count forwards in steps of something other than one
Count backwards in steps of something other than one
Find 10 more than a given number
Find 100 more than a given number
Find 1000 more than a given number
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Our diagnostic questions have either 4 possible answers to choose from; one is the correct answer, while the others are carefully selected distractors. These are designed to pinpoint any common misconceptions in this particular topic.
Let’s take a deeper look at this question:
If your student chooses option B, that tells us that their misconception is likely to be “Counts the starting number when counting on”. They’ll then be given a misconception explanation, which includes a hint to help them resolve the key misconception behind their answer:
If they get it wrong a second time, students receive an intervention.
What does an intervention look like?
Students are given 4 practice questions, these increase in difficulty, with the first ones often being scaffolded.
We recommend students work these questions out in their books, and then type their answer into the box. Some questions might ask students to draw diagrams and in these cases the students can just write “Done” after they’ve done that in their books, and then they can compare their answer against ours.
We provide answers and a solution video for each question, but do not automark at this stage. The practice materials are for the student's own benefit and we instead assess their understanding with a final checkout question at the end of the intervention.
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Help Resources
At all times, students can choose to receive additional help with questions. We have Topic videos and Tutor chat buttons at the top right of their screen:
Topic videos
Our videos apply Craig Barton's instructional strategies, which are designed to reduce cognitive load and enhance student understanding. Each video format serves a specific pedagogical purpose, from explicit modelling to developing critical thinking skills.
We have:
Worked Example - Watch a teacher model how to answer a similar question.
Thinking Questions - Here we highlight important moments from the worked example, asking students what they noticed, in order to deepen their understanding.
Your Turn - Students can pause this video at the beginning to have a go themselves before watching the teacher’s solution.
Explain the Mistake - Here we show an example of a common mistake made in this topic. Can your student spot it?
Tutor chat
If your students have Eedi Plus, there is help from a tutor available at any time during the quiz and lesson, from 9 am to 9:30 pm (UK time), 7 days a week. All of our tutors are qualified teachers with plenty of experience, are DBS checked, and receive regular safeguarding training.
Tutor help is available through an online chat box, so students don't need cameras or microphones, they just need to type to communicate. This helps to reduce the anxiety around asking for help.
Check-out question
Once your student has gone through the intervention lesson, they are given a check-out diagnostic question. This is almost identical to the question they got incorrect earlier on, but with different numbers or scenarios.
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This means they can now have a fresh attempt at a very similar question to see if their misconception has been resolved, and if they're now confident with this skill.
 | If a student gets the check-out question correct, this will show as misconception resolved |
 | If they get it incorrect on two attempts, it will show as misconception unresolved in your reports |
 | If a student got the question correct on the check-in, it’ll show as correct in your reports. |
Next steps
Students then move on to the next Diagnostic question in the quiz. Once your students have finished the quiz, they have the option to take the Stretch and Challenge quizzes, on the same topic area. We especially recommend students who get 4 or 5 correct in the quiz to take this; these are fantastic for extending students who are really nailing this topic!
Stretch and Challenge questions are in the same format as the practice questions, self-marked, and each with a solution video of that exact question. Here are some of the Stretch and Challenge questions for this quiz:
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