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Teaching A Level: An Examiner’s Approach

Step Up to the Future: Teaching and Learning Conference 27 th March 2017. Teaching A Level: An Examiner’s Approach. Sara Davies, Bridgend College Louisa Walters, Gower College Swansea. Discussion.

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Teaching A Level: An Examiner’s Approach

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  1. Step Up to the Future: Teaching and Learning Conference 27th March 2017 Teaching A Level: An Examiner’s Approach Sara Davies, Bridgend College Louisa Walters, Gower College Swansea

  2. Discussion “What are the main concerns or issues that students seek advice on in terms of exams and revision?”

  3. 1. Learners do not answer set questions Suggested Strategies: • Use of Spoof Assessments • Read examiner’s reports • Practice Past Paper Questions • Use wording of question in answer

  4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of juries [11] Another disadvantage of juries is that you do not know how the jury arrived at their verdict; this was seen in the case of R v Young (1995), where the jury used a Ouija board to contact the dead victim. To what extent is jury trial reliable? [11] Juries can also be seen as unreliable because you do not know how the jury arrived at their verdict; this was seen in the case of R v Young (1995), where the jury used a Ouija board to contact the dead victim. Use wording of question in answer Learners create Mark Scheme for a Past Paper Question and then look at a written answer

  5. 2. Learners lack evaluative skills. Suggested Strategies: • Use coloured highlighters to identify Assessment Objectives in the given Spoof Assessment. • Enforce the meaning of command words to learners. • Use language from the Assessment Objectives and Marking Grids in formative feedback.

  6. Use coloured highlighters to identify Assessment Objectives in the given Spoof Assessment Use Assessment Objectives and Marking Grids in formative feedback to learners

  7. Command Words

  8. 3. Learners are not always engaged with their subject. Suggested Strategies: • Social Media – subject Twitter/ Facebook page • Flipped Classroom

  9. Twitter Pages Flipped Classroom

  10. 4. Lack of understanding of subject content generally Suggested Strategies: • Flashcards • Quizzes • Mindmaps • Kahoot

  11. Mindmaps Kahoot Flashcards

  12. And Finally...... 1. Retrieve the ‘props’ that correspond to your raffle ticket that was left on your desk at the start of the session. 2. Discuss in your groups how you could use that strategy in your classroom. Tweet your suggestions #£stretcherstrategies

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