tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post8402407261605915153..comments2023-09-11T05:52:26.709-07:00Comments on Learning to teach: The results are in - Cambridge iGCSE vs AQA@liplash_masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00479295743786818745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-30016330656686130852014-10-30T16:20:19.276-07:002014-10-30T16:20:19.276-07:00So we wrote this book. It has already received pos...So we wrote this book. It has already received positive reviews from many students and helped a lot of them overcome their fear over the English Language. Now its published officially on amazon kindle with all rights reserved. Please share it and spread the knowledge :D<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OO5IG9OAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024547033721025449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-57895075591355586652013-08-25T02:37:36.674-07:002013-08-25T02:37:36.674-07:00Thanks for your comment. I just wish there was som...Thanks for your comment. I just wish there was some reading coursework to do too. I also really liked the spoken language study element of AQA. I think my real concern is that students won't get a proper diet of Literature if it doesn't count towards English or Ebacc totals.@liplash_masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00479295743786818745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-49162739433706736232013-08-24T11:24:43.358-07:002013-08-24T11:24:43.358-07:00I have had a similar experience with my year 11 c...I have had a similar experience with my year 11 cohort this year also. Our CA language marks were moderated down (from 5 for grade A/A* down to 1 for grade E!), however our English only and Literature results did not suffer the same fate?! We entered a group of 40 students who ranged from grade F to grade D with AQA, all of whom achieved at least the same grade with 75% doing better. <br /><br />The IGCSE exam gave our students a confidence that they never had with AQA. Most of them had never finished the AQA exam in the time given in either of the two attempts they'd had However, I don't think it was easier, although the texts were shorter they were about places and experiences my kids had never heard of (Most of them have never left Manchester!) and it took quite a while to convince them that it didn't matter if they didn't understand the whole text!<br /><br />We are doing iGCSE with all our year 10 students this coming year. I agree, it's an uninspiring exam but I'm really looking forward to having the luxury of time to follow a more interesting and in depth English curriculum with the students instead - devising coursework tasks that will actually inspire and motivate them, practising the speaking and listening, developing their skills and reading around subjects and learning about places that might even help them when they have to read texts about navigating the Serengeti!!<br /><br />Good luck :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578117475094648923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-84141504611598074972013-08-23T14:01:59.132-07:002013-08-23T14:01:59.132-07:00:D
:D<br />@liplash_masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00479295743786818745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-86094147002212860962013-08-23T14:01:30.027-07:002013-08-23T14:01:30.027-07:00Would like to know what your moderator's repor...Would like to know what your moderator's report says as to why the CA was marked down. Wonder if it will be the same as ours.@liplash_masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00479295743786818745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-51144295920383043892013-08-23T13:28:40.690-07:002013-08-23T13:28:40.690-07:00Really interesting read. From your neighbourhood t...Really interesting read. From your neighbourhood timetable god. XXsteveclark66https://www.blogger.com/profile/06034503717970365958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3823090153016385689.post-11378559150176177472013-08-23T13:13:08.856-07:002013-08-23T13:13:08.856-07:00We had a similar experience, with re-sit students....We had a similar experience, with re-sit students. All ours are on the C/D borderline and AQA seems to hit that particular cohort particularly hard. Our CA marks were also moderated down. We entered students for IGCSE who had achieved E grades previously with AQA. many of these went up to D with IGCSE and a good proportion jumped two grades to C. Overall the course is better to teach and the results seem much more reliable. Kalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657283636697504423noreply@blogger.com