Maximising the impact of the A Level English Language and Literature NEA component - Tess Knevett 30/08/2016 In this guest blog Tess Knevett, the lead moderator for A Level English Language and Literature H474/04, looks into how to maximise the impact of the NEA unit and how students and teachers can make the most of the opportunities the independent study unit has to offer.
Additional information about enquiries about results: what does this mean for you? - Andy Barrott 11/08/2016 In his first blog, Andy Barrott, Senior Manager in Assessment Standards, discusses the additional information which will be available to centres if they submit an enquiry about results - and how this can be requested.
Practical Endorsement - more education, less assessment? - Neil Wade 11/08/2016 Read this review from the Telegraph Festival of Education in June 2016. Tim Oates, Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge Assessment, posed the question as to whether science education has suffered as a result of the changes introduced from September 2015.
Teaching complex ideas in a fun way - Patrick Robinson 04/08/2016 A guest blog from Patrick Robinson, a teacher of OCR's A Level Sociology at Cadbury Sixth Form College and a BSA Teaching Group Convenor.
Expressive Arts and the EBacc debate - Karen Latto 22/07/2016 In her latest blog, Karen Latto, Subject Specialist - Drama, discusses attending the parliamentary debate on expressive arts and the EBacc and key points teachers need to know.
Getting ready for A Level History coursework - Mike Goddard 18/07/2016 In his first blog, Mike Goddard, Subject Specialist - History, outlines the key documents for planning the coursework component and offers advice on picking a suitable topic and question.
You said, we listened - Year 10 tests for new Science GCSEs - Ann Wolstenholme 12/07/2016 In her first blog post, Ann Wolstenholme, Subject Specialist - GCSE Sciences, announces the forthcoming Year 10 tests from OCR.
Learning by getting it wrong - Crawford Kingsnorth 07/07/2016 What are the potential approaches and how can you best prepare your students to answer multiple choice questions? In his latest blog post, Crawford Kingsnorth, Subject Specialist for OCR GCSE Science looks into learning by getting it wrong.
Redevelopment in focus - Rob Leeman 28/06/2016 In his first blog post, Robert Leeman, Subject Specialist - Computer Science, makes sense of the redevelopment of Computer Science to provide a specification that puts an emphasis on computational thinking.