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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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