Introducing the Teach Edge Question Generator

Teachers want fresh questions that feel real.

But the internet is full of "resources" that are outdated, messy, or just not classroom-ready.

Past papers are essential. But students increasingly find them online (sometimes before you've even set the work).

So we built the Teach Edge Question Generator. It creates original exam-style questions with a detailed matching mark scheme and, if you want it, a student-ready extract or case study built from very recent events.

Crucially, you can edit everything and then load it into your Dashboard and assign it like any other Teach Edge task.

Who it's for

This tool is especially useful if you want:

• A fresh exam-style question on a specific topic, quickly
• Extra practice that students can't just Google
• Application-heavy questions using current events (Economics, Business, Politics, Geography and more)
• Something ready to teach, not a worksheet you have to reformat and paste elsewhere

What the Question Generator creates

In one run, you can generate:

• An exam-style question tailored to your topic, level, and question type
• A matching mark scheme (and worked solutions/method marks where relevant)
• Optional: a student-ready extract or case study, based on very recent events, written as one coherent text (not a messy list of links)

Teacher control matters. You stay in charge. You can tweak the wording, adjust the difficulty, and edit the mark scheme before it ever reaches students.

The standout feature: current events → student-ready extract

Why "recent" matters

For some subjects, "current" isn't a nice-to-have. It's the whole point.

Economics, Business, Politics and Geography change fast. If you want students to practise applying knowledge to the real world, last year's context can feel oddly stale.

Even in subjects where the content is more stable, contemporary context can make the task feel more meaningful, which usually gets you better effort (and better writing).

What Teach Edge does differently

A lot of tools will give you a link, or a single source, or something that still needs rewriting.

The Question Generator is built to reduce that whole "five tabs open, then rewrite it into student language" problem.

When you switch on Current Extract / Case Study, Teach Edge aims to:

• search across multiple sources (where possible)
• pull together what matters for the angle you want
• turn it into one consistent, student-ready extract in a sensible length and style

So instead of handing students a messy pile of headlines, you get one coherent piece of classroom-ready text you can actually teach from.

What that looks like in practice

A few examples (kept simple):

• Economics: an extract built around inflation, labour markets, housing, fuel duty, competition policy
• Business: a case study about pricing decisions, supply chain disruption, ethics, regulation
• Other subjects too: Geography-style case study summaries, Politics-style policy extracts, English-style non-fiction sources for analysis

If you've ever spent 30 minutes rewriting a news article into something students can read, you'll know why this matters.

How it works in Teach Edge

This is the bit that often surprises people. It's not "generate a worksheet and copy/paste it into something else".

Step-by-step workflow

1. Choose your subject, level, and question type
2. Set the topic, difficulty, and mark tariff
3. Optional: toggle on Current Extract / Case Study (and specify the angle)
4. Teach Edge generates:
   • the question
   • the extract/case study (if selected)
   • the mark scheme (plus solutions/indicative answers/method marks where relevant)
5. Review and tweak (quick edits if needed)
6. Two clicks → load straight into your Teach Edge Dashboard
7. From the Dashboard, it's ready to assign to your class
8. Students complete it, and Teach Edge can then mark and provide editable feedback in your normal workflow

It's not a standalone worksheet you have to paste into Word or Google Classroom. Instead, it becomes a live class task inside Teach Edge.

A quick "what you type in" guide

If you want the fastest, cleanest outputs, the inputs that matter most are:

• Topic or spec point
• Exam board and question type
• If using an extract: the angle (e.g. "UK policy debate", "firm behaviour", "consumer impacts") and the length you want
• Any other requests, or an example question you want it to resemble

Use cases (three buckets)

1) Current-affairs subjects (Economics, Business, Politics, Geography…)

This is where the tool really earns its keep.

• Current events move quickly, so this keeps practice materials fresh
• The extract is already written for students, so you're not rewriting articles into usable classroom language
• Brilliant for application-heavy practice, evaluation, and "use the extract" style questions

If you teach these subjects, you'll know the pain: the best lessons often come from what's happening right now, but turning it into a usable task takes time.

2) Problem-solving subjects (Maths, Physics and similar)

Where appropriate, the Question Generator can produce:

• worked solutions
• method marks
• clear final answers and steps

That's useful for quick practice sets, parallel versions, and straightforward checking, especially when you're trying to differentiate without writing three separate worksheets from scratch.

3) Everyone else

Even with "current events" switched off, it's still useful for:

• topic tests
• homework that can't be Googled
• low-stakes quizzes
• cover work with mark schemes

Sometimes you just want a clean, exam-style task that's new.

Past papers vs Question Generator (it's not either/or)

Past papers are non-negotiable for exam technique.

The Question Generator is for everything around that:

• extra practice
• parallel versions
• fresh contexts
• homework and cover
• questions students can't locate online in 10 seconds

In other words: past papers for mastery of the exact format, Question Generator for volume, variety and freshness.

FAQ

How recent are the "recent events" extracts?

When you switch on Current Extract / Case Study, the intent is to generate an extract grounded in recently reported developments at the time you create it. If you want a specific window or focus, you can say so (e.g. "recent UK policy debate" or "last month's developments").

Does Teach Edge use multiple sources to build one case study?

Where possible, yes. It pulls together relevant points and then writes a single coherent extract in a consistent classroom style. All sources are cited properly.

Can I edit the extract, question and mark scheme?

Yes. In practice, most teachers do a quick scan and then make small tweaks (wording, difficulty, mark tariff emphasis) so it matches their class perfectly.

Is it copyright-safe to use in class?

The goal is that you're not handing out copied newspaper text. Instead, Teach Edge generates original, student-ready writing based on the key ideas, so you can use it freely as a classroom resource.

Can I save it to the Dashboard and assign it like any other task?

Yes, that's the big workflow win. You're not exporting a worksheet and losing it in a folder. You load it straight into Teach Edge and assign it to your class.

Does it generate mark schemes for every subject?

It will generate a matching mark scheme for the task you request. As with any mark scheme, you can edit it to match your preferred wording or your exam-board phrasing.

When do worked solutions or method marks appear?

Typically for problem-solving questions where steps matter (Maths, Physics and similar). If you want method marks, it's worth explicitly requesting them.

Try it

If you already use Teach Edge, open the Question Generator, run it once, and you'll see the difference immediately.

And if you're short on time, remember the point of this tool is simple: less admin, fewer tabs, more classroom-ready practice that you can set in minutes.