AS/A Level GCE (for first teaching in 2008) Chemistry A - H034 H434

FAQs

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A. This is in response to customer feedback and to ensure that all appropriate content is covered by students.

A. QCA will no longer permit practical exams. All practical skills must now be internally assessed.

A. Students will have the opportunity to do more practical work but practical tasks will be easier for teachers to mark (specific, best-fit, mark schemes will be supplied for each task). This will reduce the assessment burden for teachers.

A. OCR has an exclusive partnership with Heinemann for GCE Chemistry and comprehensive resources are being developed to support the specification and complement support from OCR.

A. Yes. In response to centre demand, OCR will be publishing past papers for live specifications on the OCR website. These will be free of charge. Question papers from the June 2008 series will be available to download from OCR Interchange only. Further details are available from OCR Interchange.

A. Schemes of work and lesson plans can be downloaded from the OCR website. The materials are available in fixed PDF format, for reference purposes, and also in Word format, so that teachers can adapt the materials for their own use.

A. The schemes of work contain suggestions on time allocation, teaching activities and resources. The sample lesson plans provide specific ideas on delivery of a few of the topics for some unit options. Both resources are intended to offer teachers a range of practical delivery ideas that they can mould to suit their needs, and their students needs.