RD510D01 Developing and assessing practical competencies in the new A level Biology Event
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Mathematics and Science Learning Centre on 023 8059 8810 or email mslc@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
This course is designed to prepare teachers to make effective use of practical work in the new A level Biology science courses and use them to improve outcomes for students.
The incoming A level courses involve practical skills being developed and assessed in a different way. The stipulated activities are expected to be integrated with the teaching of topics so that they support the development of concepts and provide opportunities for a range of competencies to be developed and assessed. However, 15% of the marks in the final exams will also be based on these practical tasks and so teaching needs to ensure that students are prepared for these. The course looks at how the activities can be run effectively, used to support the awarding of the practical endorsement and to improve exam grades.
Outcomes:
- support the development of the required practical competencies so that students master a range of skills, become effective laboratory practitioners and can be awarded the endorsement
- prepare students effectively for the assessment items in the external exam that are based on the stipulated practical tasks
- use the stipulated practical tasks and other investigations to improve students' command or a range of concepts and processes.
For more information and to book www.slcs.ac.uk/RP510