Specifications

The number of students sitting A level psychology has fallen for the first time.

November 16, 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 2006 the [...]

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OCR Resources and Meetings

November 12, 2007

  According to my email delivered on the 6th November  “OCR have produced Schemes of Work for the revised A Level qualifications, with a new approach piloted for a range of subjects. For these, we have adopted a ‘by teachers, for teachers approach, working with teachers from a number of different centres. For each Scheme [...]

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OCR Marking

October 30, 2007

The following article was posted on TES in September, although I have only just spotted it. I was aware that the journalist Warwick Mansell was researching the article but missed it when it was published. The main concern is regarding the inconsistent marking of the core studies 2 (2541) paper for OCR psychology and the [...]

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New GCEs for 2008

October 28, 2007

This is certainly not new news for many teachers, but here are the urls for the new AS/A level specifications starting in September 2008. AQA (A) AQA (B) OCR Edexcel WJEC I know that many teachers are using the forthcoming changes to inform their decisions about which specifications they will be teaching in 2008. We [...]

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Examinations Timetable

October 18, 2007

  For a quick check of exam dates and times, I use the modernisationonline site. I find it a lot quicker than searching the actual awarding body site. http://www.modernisationonline.org.uk/comptimetable

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