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True Bearings Assessments
Diagnostic and summative assessments on true bearings for Year 9-10 (Grade 9-10) classes. Cover 3-figure bearing notation, measuring clockwise from north, back-bearings, and navigation word problems in one ready-to-assign pack.
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What’s Included in the True Bearings Assessments?
🔥Digital Diagnostic Assessment
The true bearings assessment checks whether students can read and write a bearing in 3-figure form, measure clockwise from north, calculate back-bearings, and solve navigation word problems using trigonometry. Each question is mapped to a sub-skill so you can see exactly where understanding breaks down.
🌍 Printable Summative Assessments
Diagnostic and summative versions are available, aligned to Year 9-10 (Grade 9-10) outcomes in the Australian Curriculum and US Common Core. Run the diagnostic at the start of the topic to baseline the class, then issue the summative at the end to measure growth on the same sub-skills.
💡Problem Solving and Scaffolded Questions
Question types cover reading bearings from a compass diagram, converting between compass bearings (N40°E) and true bearings (040°T), finding back-bearings, and multi-step navigation problems using the sine and cosine rules. Both multiple-choice and short-response items are included, so the same assessment works for a low-stakes warm-up or a graded end-of-topic task.
Detailed Analytics
Detailed Analytics
Item-level analytics show which students confidently use the 3-figure form, which are still measuring anticlockwise, and which are getting stuck on back-bearings or two-leg navigation problems. Results are broken down per student and per sub-skill, so you can group students for re-teach without re-marking the paper.
Interactive Assessments
Interactive Assessments
Set assessments digitally and students complete them in class with auto-marking, or download a print-ready PDF for paper-based classes. The same item bank powers both formats, so digital and printed results sit in the same gradebook.
Planned Lessons With Data
Planned Lesson with Data
Once results come in, Tutero generates a lesson plan targeting the exact sub-skills the class missed - whether that is 3-figure notation, back-bearings, or using the sine rule inside a navigation problem. The follow-up lesson is ready to teach the next day.
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What is covered in the true bearings assessment?
Reading and Writing True Bearings
Items check whether students can read a bearing from a compass diagram, write it in 3-figure form (e.g. 047°T or 215°T), and convert between true bearings and compass bearings such as N40°E or S25°W. Distractor analysis flags the common error of measuring anticlockwise or from south instead of north, so you can address it in the follow-up lesson.
Back-Bearings and the Bearing of B from A
Students calculate the back-bearing of a given bearing (add or subtract 180°) and identify the bearing of B from A given the bearing of A from B. Sub-skill scoring tells you whether the gap is the 180° rule, choosing the correct direction of rotation, or interpreting the language of the question - so re-teach can be targeted rather than starting the topic again.
Navigation Problems Using Trigonometry
Students apply the sine rule, cosine rule, and right-angle trigonometry to multi-leg navigation problems - a ship sailing two legs on different bearings, a plane changing course, a hiker returning to camp. Each modelling question maps back to the same 3-figure-notation and back-bearing sub-skills, so you can see whether students can use bearings once the problem stops looking like a compass diagram.
Explore Tutero’s range of assessments designed to accurately identify and address gaps in your student's understanding of true bearings