Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
I first purchased Exam Genie a few years ago for one of my students. The small book and supporting materials are very student friendly and simple to follow.
I have since directed a number of students to this website if they want tips on mnemonics for exams and the feedback from ...
Posted in Resources, studysuccess | 2 Comments »
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has this month announced plans for changes to GCSE qualifications - including psychology GCSE.
Teaching of the new criteria will begin in 2009 (if you are teaching the course over two years) and the first awards will be given in 2011.
The awarding bodies will have ...
Posted in GCSE, QCA, aqa, edexcel, ocr | 5 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Resources, Specifications, ocr | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Books, Palgrave, Resources, Specifications, ocr | 5 Comments »
Monday, December 17th, 2007
Following the success of Short Cuts 1 Classic Studies in Psychology, the second Short Cuts collection is being launched in early 2008. If you haven’t already purchased Classic Studies you can purchase it from onlineclassroom.tv
Research in Context: Making statistics accessible
In response to a need identified by teachers, this collection focuses ...
Posted in Resources, dvds, onlineclassroom | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Insight conferences have announced the dates for their spring Conferences which will take place during February and March 2008.
The Crime Conferences and the Applied Psychology Conferences listed below will be running at the same venues on the same date.
Dates for Crime Conference and Applied Psychology
Stourbridge Town Hall 5th March 2008
Bristol ...
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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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Friday, December 7th, 2007
Advanced Extension Awards (AEAs) were introduced in summer 2002 and were designed to challenge the most able A level students and to provide opportunities for students to show a greater depth of understanding than required at A level.
The AEA is available in 19 subjects. The subjects offered for AEA have ...
Posted in AEA, QCA, Resources, Results, aqa | 1 Comment »