Question 1

Siyavula's baseline assessments for Grade 8, 9 and 10 learners

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Siyavula's Mathematics baseline assessment for Grades 8, 9 and 10

Q: How to log in

||| You only need to sign up to Siyavula once. After this, you just need to LOG IN to your account. <ol> <li>Go to Chrome or any other internet browser.</li> <li>Go to https://www.siyavula.com and click on Log In.</li> </ol> <img src="https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a7fcef1ebe95b000/log-in-page_leip9j.png" alt="" /> <ol start="3"> <li>Log in using your phone number, email address, or Siyavula ID. Type in the password you used when you created your account. Click on the blue Log in button.</li> </ol> <img src="https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a7fcef1ebe95b000/log-in-page_it8fnv.png" alt="" /> | If you're a learner, you can ask your teacher for your Siyavula ID | If you’ve forgotten your password, you can click on the "Forgot your Password" link to reset it! <ol start="4"> <li>Now you can access different tools for learning that are available on Siyavula, and access your dashboard</li> </ol>

What is a baseline assessment?

The CAPS statement describes a Baseline assessment as a type of assessment alongside Diagnostic assessments, Formative assessments and Summative assessments.

"Mathematics teachers who might want to establish whether their learners meet the basic skills and knowledge levels required to learn a specific Mathematics topic will use baseline assessment. Knowing learners' level of proficiency in a particular Mathematics topic enables the teacher to plan her/his Mathematics lesson appropriately and to pitch it at the appropriate level. Baseline assessment, as the name suggests, should therefore be administered prior to teaching a particular Mathematics topic. The results of the baseline assessment should not be used for promotion purposes."

The Siyavula baseline assessment

Siyavula has created baseline assessments for Grade 8, Grade 9 and Grade 10 Mathematics learners, so that teachers can assess their learners' knowledge and skills at the beginning of high school, or at the start of the FET phase.

Baseline question

The baseline instrument comprises:

50 questions selected from the Siyavula online question bank
Students' answers will be immediately and automatically marked.
Every student will see a unique but equivalent instance of the questions, making copying meanin

Question 2

How to sign up as a learner

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It’s easy to sign up to Siyavula. Simply go to the website https://www.siyavula.com and click on the green SIGN UP button. From there, it’s six easy steps:

| Siyavula is free to use on Vodacom, MTN and Telkom!

Before you sign up, make sure your mobile data is on.
Go to Chrome or any other internet browser. Note that Siyavula does not work on Opera Mini.
Click on Sign Up at the top or Sign me up for my free account!

Click on the I am a Learner button.
Enter your name, surname, a password that you’ve chosen, and your email address or mobile phone number. Click on Continue.
You’ll be asked a few details about yourself: your country, curriculum, grade and school, and finally your date of birth. Click on Save details.

| Now you can practise either Mathematics or Physical Sciences by clicking on the "Practice" button. | You can download the Siyavula app on Google Play. Go to Google Play and search for “Siyavula”. You can use your existing account details to log in.

Question 3

How to log in

Accepted Answer

||| You only need to sign up to Siyavula once. After this, you just need to LOG IN to your account.

Go to Chrome or any other internet browser.
Go to https://www.siyavula.com and click on Log In.

Log in using your phone number, email address, or Siyavula ID. Type in the password you used when you created your account. Click on the blue Log in button.

| If you're a learner, you can ask your teacher for your Siyavula ID | If you’ve forgotten your password, you can click on the "Forgot your Password" link to reset it!

Now you can access different tools for learning that are available on Siyavula, and access your dashboard

Question 4

How the #1MillionMaths campaign works

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Siyavula's annual #1MillionMaths campaign, which runs in September each year, is aimed at encouraging learners to prepare for their end-of-year exams. Practice is essential for learning, particularly for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and the campaign encourages learners to adopt a goal-directed practice for mastery approach in their learning. During September, learners and teachers who opt in to the annual campaign can earn prizes for their hard work on our platform.

How learners can win

During September, there will be a weekly draw for all learners who either:

Earn two mastery stars during the week; or
Move up a league on our public leaderboards Learners can win a variety of prizes each week.

On 26 September, all learners who are in the Platinum League leaderboard for their grade will be invited to join the final showdown on 27/28 September. This will take the form of a Siyavula assignment. The learners who do the best in the assignment will be declared the Siyavula learner champions for 2022, and will each receive a substantial prize.

To be eligible for any prizes, learners must opt in to the #1MillionMaths campaign, if they have not opted in before. Once a learner is opted in, their names will appear on our public leaderboards. Please see the rules for further information.

How teachers can win

During September, there will be a daily

Question 5

What is Siyavula?

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What is Siyavula?

Siyavula is an online maths and science platform for teachers and learners. Teachers can use Siyavula’s online, real-time tools to integrate into their teaching programme by: • Setting assignments for homework, revision, and formative assessments • Using our Question Bank to search for questions to use in class and for tests • Viewing and downloading our comprehensive reports that track learner activity and progress

Siyavula’s content allows high school learners to practise and master curriculum-aligned content from Mathematics (Grade 8 - 12) and Physical Sciences (Grade 10 - 12).

The benefits of using Siyavula

Teachers who use Siyavula as part of their teaching programme: • Save time, both in finding questions and in having learners’ work marked automatically • Will have an accurate and measurable view of how their learners are doing, and where they are struggling • Are able to integrate technology seamlessly into their lessons

How Siyavula helps teachers

Provides teachers with high quality content:

With virtually unlimited questions on our website, Siyavula makes it easy for teachers to search for interesting questions they can use in their teaching, or for assignments and tests. Questions based on past NSC exam papers are also available.

Gives learners an online platform to practise:

Our platform allows learners to practise the important concepts they are learning in class. Teachers can set homework tasks and assignments to re

Question 6

How to find your Siyavula ID

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The Siyavula ID

When learners sign up to Siyavula, they’re automatically given a unique Siyavula ID, which is a seven-digit alpha-numeric identifier. Learners can find their own Siyavula ID if they go to My Account in their main menu.

|| Why we've created Siyavula IDs We created Siyavula IDs for privacy reasons so that the email addresses and cell phone numbers used to create accounts could remain private. In addition, having a Siyavula ID means that you have another way of getting into your account. If you forget what username you've used to create your Siyavula account, you can use the Siyavula ID to log in to your account.

|| Where to find your Siyavula ID

Click on My Account in your main menu.
At the top of your user profile is a unique Siyavula ID, which can also be used to log in to the program.

|| Where to find your learners' Siyavula IDs

Go to your Teacher Dashboard
Go to the class you’d like to check. Click on Overview, and scroll down to the list of learners.
Check the names: next to each learner’s name is their unique Siyavula ID

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