EQAO Questions

Strategies for Embedding EQAO Practice into Day-to-Day Instruction

Using EQAO Questions as Warm-Ups

Choose a question that relate to the day's lesson or a question that reviews concepts from earlier in the course. Ask students to work individually or collaboratively. If the question is multiple choice, discuss reasons for why a student might choose each option. If the question is open response, analyze and discuss the qualities of different solutions against a set of success criteria.

Make Your Own Multiple Choice Answers

Give groups of students a multiple choice question but remove the answers. Ask each group to determine a list of possible answers that EQAO might use for the question. Students might anticipate common errors or misconceptions that could be made. A class discussion could involve analyzing the possible answers, asking students to defend their list. Compare students' lists with EQAO's original answers.

Mid-Unit or Mid-Cycle Assessments / Evaluations

Whether spiralling or not, consider creating mini-EQAO evaluations that address a variety of expectations and administer these at different points in the course. This repeated exposure to the question style also offers students opportunities to revisit concepts over time. An example structure might be similar to the one set up for MFM1P here:

Evaluation 1: 8 multiple choice / 2 open response

Evaluation 2: 10 multiple choice / 3 open response

Evaluation 3: 14 multiple choice / 4 open response

Scoring Guides

Use the scoring guides below to facilitate assessment as learning: analyze the scoring guides and then ask students to self-assess according to these guides.