Archive for the ‘Specifications’ Category
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
For psychology, candidates currently working towards their AS exams in May, and A2 exams in July there will still be a number of opportunities for re-sits.
AS re-sits will be available in January 2009 and then the following May 2009. No more re-sits of the current AS psychology exams will ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Philip Allan Updates have announced the dates and times for their workshops for the new A level specifications. They are offering workshops for teachers of the OCR, AQA (A), AQA (B), and Edexcel specifications.
Below are the latest workshops for teachers.
Preparing to teach the new OCR AS Psychology specification
London
16/05/2008
Preparing to ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
There are quite a few events for the 2008 specifications going on this year but so far, this one has to be easily the most interesting.
OCR is offering two free events for psychology teachers thinking of offering OCR specifications for 2008.
As well as giving an overview of the new qualification, ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Hodder Education have promised that their textbook for the new OCR AS specifications will be due before April 2008
The textbook is written by Karen and Louise and for 20 quid you get the book and an interactive CD.
The book will obviously be good. For example, the blurb states that the ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
I forgot to mention that I received my pre-ordered copy of this book a few weeks ago from Palgrave.com As far as I know this is the first textbook to be published for the new 2008 specifications.
This is the third edition of the text designed to cover the new studies ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
Edexcel have announced that they are to offer psychology GCSE.
Currently AQA and OCR offer GCSE psychology, which is still a relatively small market. Last summer 3275 candidates sat AQA GCSE psychology and 3843 sat GCSE OCR psychology.
However, looking at the Edexcel web site it does seem that they have some ...
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
T.E.S. have discovered that Edexcel’s profits have risen seven-fold in three years and that one of Edexcel’s directors earned a whopping £450,000 in pay and pensions contributions last year - easily the highest known figure earned by anyone in British education.
In 2005 Edexcel became the first large examination board to ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
The AQA (A) specification is still the clear leader in terms of number of students sitting the different specifications.
Last June (2007) 60.6% of students sitting A level psychology followed the AQA (A) specifications and 60.4% of students sitting AS psychology followed the AQA (A) route.
Below are figures taken from the ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Individual candidates who move to another centre or who, for other reasons, have to change their course of study part way through a GCE psychology course may be eligible to transfer credit between specifications. Transfer is not automatic - an application must be made to the receiving awarding body.
However, transfer ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Has the number of students sitting A level psychology reached a plateaux or are we going to see a decline?
According to data from the J.C.Q. the number of students sitting A level psychology has fallen for the first time.
In June 2007 52,048 candidates sat A level psychology whereas in June ...
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