How Siyavula supports the teaching cycle
Use Siyavula in class to reinforce what you’re teaching, to assess learning, or even as homework after class. Take a look at how you can get the most out of Siyavula all year round.
3 Steps to get your year off to a great start.
Knowing where learners are is a key component of assessment for learning. It's easy to provide the right instruction and activities once you know where the gaps are. Use one of our pre-created baseline assessments, or make your own.
- Benchmark learner performance quickly
- Assign a pre-built Baseline Assessment for the previous grade
- Point learners to specific questions to practise for mastery
With Siyavula’s goal-setting widget, learners can set weekly targets based on the results they want to achieve. Goals should be challenging but achievable to encourage consistent effort. This builds ownership and helps them to steadily build skills and confidence at their own pace, in their own time.
- A structured way to practise and learn
- Encourages consistent effort
- Supports mastery-based learning
- Opt in for challenges to win prizes
The secret to Maths and Science confidence is Siyavula time! Parents can create and link their own Siyavula account to monitor their child's progress. With real-time insights into their child’s activity, parents can offer extra support and encouragement at home - reinforcing the work you’re doing in class.
- Allows linking to a learner account
- Track activity and progress
- Actively engage with homework to support teaching
Using Siyavula as part of your teaching cycle all year round
Activating prior knowledge helps learners make stronger connections between what they already know and what’s new, boosting comprehension and retention. Use any of our assignment tools to check understanding of key concepts to guide your revision plans.
- Draw on curriculum-aligned exercises in class
- Step-by-step answers facilitate problem-solving
- Activates prior knowledge
A powerful scaffolding for learning, Siyavula guides discussion, promotes collaboration, and encourages class participation. Point students to specific questions or sections to practise that will help them to master concepts they need to know.
- Draw on curriculum-aligned exercises with step-by-step solutions
- ZA Textbook exercises with solutions
- Fosters peer learning and collaboration in the classroom
- Use question bank codes to reference specific exercises in class
Interactive practice that sticks! Set assignments after each topic to make sure your learners practise the right content while it’s still fresh.
- Assign topics for learners to consolidate knowledge
- Tailor practice to each learner’s abilities
- Learners earn stars as they master topics
Siyavula gives you powerful assignment tools to assess exactly what your learners know and where they need support. Choose each question yourself, assign a ready-made assessment, or let our engine deliver exercises for the topic you’re covering.
- Automated Summative Assessments
- Hand-pick questions for learners to practise with Custom Assignments
- Share Pre-built Assessments
Siyavula’s teacher tools help to quickly identify and address knowledge gaps ensuring that they build a solid base. Our learner performance reports provide data to inform - and personalise - your teaching. Catch blind spots in understanding early and support those who’ve fallen behind. Smarter teaching, more focused support, and better results for every learner.
- Real-time data to track learner progress
- Assess learner understanding more deeply
- Analytics to measure impact and inform teaching
- Practice dashboards and performance data
Bringing it all together at the end of the year
Get exam-ready with real past papers for Maths and Physical Sciences. Practise answering exam-style questions and focus your revision on key topics. Siyavula’s past exam papers come complete with a marking guideline so learners can assess their own readiness for exams.
- Simulate the exam experience
- Revision cements concepts in long-term memory
- Learners get familiar with question styles
- Build confidence in abilities
