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Are all the AQA Psychology options equal?

November 21, 2017November 17, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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Although most schools have settled on the options they are teaching in AQA Psychology, many have had to make difficult choices; comparison of the available options seems to be a constant topic of conversation between teachers. While writing multiple choice questions for The Complete Companions for AQA Kerboodle , I noticed a few less obvious differences between the topics and hope […]

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Helping students decide whether Psychology is the right A Level for them 

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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“I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member” Groucho Marx To help prospective students to understand what sort of work they would be expected to do in Psychology and to give me a chance to assess their skills and motivation, I ask any student who does not meet […]

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Profiling the prospective Psychology student

September 11, 2017September 12, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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Some years ago, the department I was in at the time analysed the A Level and GCSE results of everyone who took Psychology.  They found that the best predictor of performance on the A Level was Additional Science or the average grade that a student achieved in Triple Science.  If students had a B or […]

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How to impress your examiner – part 2

May 12, 2017June 15, 2017Oxford Psychology Team

In a previous blog post , I listed five errors pretty much guaranteed to make teachers scream. In the first part of this blog , I explained how students could overcome four of them, but never explained the last one. In this blog, everything should become clear. Again, feel completely free to share with your students – in fact I would positively encourage you to. […]

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How to impress your examiner – part 1

May 11, 2017June 15, 2017Oxford Psychology Team

Taking exams is like wiping your bottom. It’s not the point of the exercise, but it’s a very important part of the process. In my last blog , I listed a few errors are almost guaranteed to make us teachers scream. In this blog, I’ll explain how students can avoid the errors and even how they can write […]

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How to make a teacher scream –  5 surefire ways for students to lose marks

May 10, 2017August 21, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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We psychology teachers are very patient people. We know that for every theory that seems like common sense, there is another that is confusing and counter-intuitive. We also recognise that it takes time to develop a precise understanding of the terminology that will become familiar to every student that completes the A Level course. Terminology […]

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Seeing red at the Olympics

September 1, 2016April 11, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
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Watching Team GB competing in the taekwondo final, I mentioned to a friend that competitors wearing red guards won more bouts than those in blue guards.  Inevitably, this started a discussion about what it might be that caused the difference.  Was it because higher ranked competitors were given the red guards?  Did it affect all […]

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