Research methods - A-level psychology. GCSE Psychology. Lesson 1: Interviews Lesson 2: Questionnaires

This project is designed to take a few weeks depending on how long you have. Useful for cover or for when you have gain time. This was given to students moving from Y12 to Y13 to apply research methods skills and helped to apply understanding of writing up reports as well as applied methods. Minimal teacher input required. Each task is explained per week and outcomes expected are outlined. Differentiated for lower and upper ability too.

Lesson to assist students with essay writing. The topic is on psychopathology (Discuss cognitive treatments for depression), but can be used for revision too. Starter provided Assess confidence of essay writing. Students to complete a knowledge quiz to recap AO1, then read a poor example of an answer to review. They look at an example of how this is improved before having a go at improving a paragraph themselves. Finally, an AO1 paragraph is written for them, they need to complete the AO3 paragraphs using the structure learnt throughout the lesson. Re-assess confidence at the end of the lesson. This has really improved my students’ essays. Hope you find use in this too :) Please do leave a rating.

Who wants to be a millionaire game including variety of topics from AQA A-level paper 1. Includes sound effects from the programme. Can be edited to make your own :)

Memory topic revision for AQA A-Level psychology Styled as WWTBAM

A PowerPoint presentation that can be printed for a display with up to date information on university courses (2023 entry) to study BSc Psychology. A range of universities covered. I have these spread around the map of the UK on my display. Each page states: Entry requirements Student satisfaction ratings of the course Graduate prospects (work and further education) Useful for open-evening displays to demonstrate the journey after KS5 psychology.

Richard Osman’s House of Games - Psychology Revision Version! Students really enjoy this! PowerPoint has been made to fit with the Richard Osman’s house of games themes, sound effects added etc. This relates to all topics (approaches, attachment, memory, social influence, psychopathology, research methods, biopsychology, I&D, schizophrenia, relationships & forensics) Rounds included are: ‘Rhyme Time’ - two clues that rhyme are given, students buzz in when then know. ‘I’m terrible at dating’ - studies are given and students state the year. (I do this with mini-white-boards but could be done with buzzer’s too) ‘I am not a Robot’ - students are given a picture of something and asked to come to the board to indicate where they think a target it (e.g. where the pineal gland is on a whole brain image) ‘Answer Smash’ - Famous in the show - two clues given, students must smash the answers together to give a ridiculous answer! ‘Elephant in the Room’ - a banned word is given so that when students buzz in to answer, they can’t use part of a word. ‘Totes Emoji’ - Emoji’s used to describe researchers/studies and students to buzz in with answers. Lesson designed for an hour. Students broken down into teams. Please leave feedback on what you think :)

Resources include outstanding lessons for complete LO2 for R025 within the OCR cambridge nationals health and social care qualification. Lessons preparing learners for coursework on LO2. All resources for the lessons are included. Structure includes recap questions at the start, main learning, and a reflection on the learning. Differentiation is included throughout. Feedback appreciated! :)

Resources include outstanding lessons for complete LO1 for R025 within the OCR cambridge nationals health and social care qualification. Lessons preparing learners for coursework on LO1. All resources for the lessons are included. Structure includes recap questions at the start, main learning, and a reflection on the learning. Differentiation is included throughout. Knowledge organiser included. Feedback appreciated! :)