Archive for the ‘exams’ Category
Doing an ISA – Pre-Practical
There will be a second post in a few days, if I can fit it in between coughing, marking and spending time with my family. Please excuse the brevity, but it seems highly unlikely that my broadband connection – thank you Talk Talk – will last long enough for my usual wittering. This is intended […]
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Tags: gcse, ISA, teaching
6 Mark Questions
This is one approach to teaching the dreaded 6 mark AQA questions. I’d be interested in comments or suggestions, as ever. The powerpoint that goes along with it was set up for B1, but is obviously easily changed. 6 Mark Questions as ppt. Objectives Recap key facts Improve structure of answers to 6 mark questions (Appreciate […]
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Tags: teaching
Ofqual’s Absolute Error
In science lessons we teach students about the two main categories of error when taking readings. (And yes, I know that it’s a little more complicated than that.) We teach about random and systematic error. Random errors are the ones due to inherently changing and unpredictable variables. They give readings which may be above or […]
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Tags: exams, gcse, political
Doing an ISA with AQA
I’ve managed not to blog about GCSE ‘reform’ – despite great temptation. If you’ve not seen them, then I suggest comparing three very different viewpoints (in style as well as opinion) from LKMCo, Tom Bennett and NAHT. When I have time I might update my previous post, from the last time Gove announced a major […]
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Tags: AQA, General Certificate of Secondary Education, ISA, teaching
Enemies of Promise
This will be a short post, partly because I’ve got lots of other things on the go and partly because I’m too angry about what appears to have happened. I say appears because I truly hope things aren’t as they seem, for the sake of our students. In January – and at points since then – […]
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Tags: exams, gcse, gove, results
Uncontrolled Assessments
Despite the title, a lot of this also relates to AS and A2 – Physics, at least. (They don’t trust me with squishy stuff or cooking.) It seemed a waste to spend time answering the call for evidence from Ofqual without blogging it too. Especially because it made me realise how messed up the whole […]
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Tags: AQA, Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Ofqual, teaching
Compare and Contrast
I’d just like to contrast two parts of the speech that Gove made (taken from the online document, not sure how closely he stuck to the script) at the Spectator Conference. I promise, after this I’m sticking to pedagogy for a bit, I’ve had enough of politics. Michael Gove faced criticism from an unexpected source […]
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Tags: academies, gove, statistics
Gove’s Resit
I was already planning to type up a few more developments in the #govelevels saga. Reading that Gove is to blame pretty much everyone except politicians for the difficulties in the exam system just means I’m finding it a little hard to be balanced. I’ll do my best, because I partly wonder if his intent […]
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Tags: curriculum, gcse, gove
#govelevels
Well, it’s been an interesting few days. I offer no apology for my knee-jerk reaction to the news that our Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, was proposing a return to two distinct tiers (caution, DailyMail link) at age 16. I’ve spent the last few days trying to track the story, as much as […]
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Tags: Education, gcses, gove, teaching
I’m sure my readers, if there are any, are familiar with the fantastic 500words project running to get people thinking about the purpose of education. I wrote my own contribution a while back, but today – because of all the fuss of the last few days about #govelevels – I wanted to write one from […]
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Tags: parody 500words gove exams
