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A Level Science
AQA

An examination manual for an A-level science department, covering Biology, Chemistry and Physics. It is about how the three qualifications are assessed and how students gain marks, not how to teach the content. The three sciences share one set of assessment objectives and weight them differently, so most pages here have

  1. AO1Knowledge
  2. AO2Application
  3. AO3Analysis
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Cover of A Level Science — AQA

Written for this specification. Part One is board-specific and quoted verbatim from AQA's own document; everything after it is about how the assessment works and how students gain marks.

The assessment objectives are worded almost identically across boards and weighted differently, so this book covers AQA only. Check the board you teach before buying.

Written to
AQA A-level Biology (7402), Chemistry (7405) and Physics (7408)
Intended for
For teachers, heads of department and SLT — not a student revision guide
Extent
25 pages · 19 sections

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·Contents

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Taken from the booklet's own contents page, so the page numbers are the real ones.

PART ONE — THE QUALIFICATION

01Three sciences, three weightingsp5
02The three objectivesp6
03Objective weightings, paper by paperp7
04The practical endorsementp8

PART TWO — HOW THE MARKS ARE AWARDED

05The extended responsep10
06The mathematicsp11
07Command wordsp12

PART THREE — LEADING THE SUBJECT

08Department auditp14
09Intervention by objectivep15
10The two years, mappedp16

PART FOUR — EXAMINATION FOCUS

11What each AO really meansp18
12Understanding mark schemesp19
13Weak to exceptional, comparedp20
14Why students lose marksp21
15Understanding examiner reportsp22
16Question-level analysisp23
17SLT and faculty review questionsp24
18Sources and accuracyp25
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