What is mixed topic practice?
What is mixed topic practice?
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Mixed topic practice (MTP) is a Task that contains questions on two or more topics
- These questions are intentionally interleaved with each other to challenge the student by 'context switching'
- MTP is typically seen in the Consolidation section of homework, but can appear in the main body of the homework too
Some students could see a topic in MTP whilst others may not
There are three different sets of questions within each topic level:
- Introduce
- Strengthen
- Deepen
Introduce questions contain the key skills that a student needs to understand for the topic and as such will always be delivered together in sequence in a homework.
Students who are confident with the Introduce topics
If a student has previously completed the Introduce questions for the topic with a degree of confidence* then they could see Strengthen and Deepen questions in MTP. These questions will be interleaved with other topics.
*e.g. they haven't struggled, answering questions wrong multiple times and using videos a lot.
Students who are not confident with the Introduce topics
If a student has struggled with the Introduce questions for a topic in the past this can mean we set the Introduce again when it comes back in Consolidation. Because these questions come in a sequence they would not be interleaved with other topics as MTP
How can I see what topics have been given?
If you hover your mouse over the Mixed Topic Practice heading, it will show you what topics the student has been set.
Occasionally, if we think a student is likely to find the Introduce questions of a topic too easy, we will progress them onto the Strengthen content of the topic straight away. In this case they could be set a MTP task containing this topic, even if they haven't seen the Introduce questions before
You may also find this article useful: What topics are included in homework and how are they ordered?
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