AQA A A2 Exam update

AQA have recently clarified the way that AO1 and AO2 will be represented on the Unit 4 exam paper. It says on the website: General point regarding exam papers – Unit 4 (PSYA4) January 2010 onwards Questions that assess a combination of AO1 and AO2/AO3 skills will have the breakdown of assessment objectives indicated on […]

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Exam boards’ statistics

I have assembled the latest statistics from all the Psychology exam boards showing the percentage passes for the June 2008 and June 2009 series. This document can be accessed  here . You can view the JCQ statistics for all A levels  here .Makes interesting reading … certainly challenges some of the assumptions teachers make about which boards […]

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AQA A2 Exam Update

We believe that there is an intention to provide more parted questions on the A2 exam papers than previously. Indeed this has been shown on some of the sample papers. The result is some very undecipherable marks. For example sometimes 10 marks breaks down to 3 AO1 marks and 7 AO2 marks or sometimes 5 […]

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AQA Exam Update

Item published in the AQA Examinations Update 3: June 2009GCE Examinations Psychology Specification A (2180) Advanced Level (New Specification) Unit 3 (PSYA3) and Unit 4 (PSYA4) – January 2010 and beyond Please note that the rubrics for PSYA3 for January 2010 and all following series will contain the instruction: “Where appropriate, refer to theories and/or […]

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