Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Unit 2 Revision Map

http://popplet.com/app/#/24311

I've made mind maps for the Unit 2 topics which I've taught, attempting to clarify what I recommend you focus your revision on. If you're aiming for an A or B grade you will need a bit more detail than is here, e.g. brief details of some additional research which you can find in your textbook which will be useful for evaluation in your longer answers.

Popplet is a fairly new website for mind mapping - it's in beta development meaning that the programming isn't quite finished and they're looking for feedback on how it works, but it's really easy to use and might make this kind of revising painless if you don't enjoy doing it on paper. Give it a try (e.g. by making a detailed mind-map for one topic e.g. 'independent behaviour' or 'stress management').

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Exam preparation


Here is a powerpoint from AQA that contains lots useful guidance on how to approach the exam. One useful point is that you must clearly label any work that is outside of the allocated space for your answer.
Take this slide for example - the candidate has not indicated that the answer is continued so the marker has no reason to believe the answer is continued:

BUT see this next picture:
It's REALLY important that you indicate that you have gone onto extra pages or have continued elsewhere. The papers are scanned and then marked online so the examiner doesn't have a paper copy of your paper in front of them.