Experienced AQA A-level and OCR GCSE psychology teacher and examiner, with a 1st class Psychology degree from Durham university. My lessons are engaging, challenging and accessible for all teachers.
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Experienced AQA A-level and OCR GCSE psychology teacher and examiner, with a 1st class Psychology degree from Durham university. My lessons are engaging, challenging and accessible for all teachers.
*** Any user who leaves a positive review when they download ANY resource will receive a GCSE OCR 13 mark model essay for free!***
End of year Psychology quiz for year 12 students, or year 13 students to review paper 1 and paper 2 AQA exam board.
Rounds include:
Name the study round
Picture round - name the Psychologist
Charades round - students act out studies, theories and concepts that their team mates have to guess!
Music round - theories, concepts and issues and debates
General knowledge round
Research methods conundrum round
16 mark essay frames for students to complete to help them prepare for 16 mark essays, for each section of the schizophrenia topic:
Reliability and validity of the diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia
Biological explanations of schizophrenia
Psychological explanations of schizophrenia
Biological treatments of schizophrenia
Psychological treatments of schizophrenia
Token economies as management for schizophrenia
Interactionist approach to explaining and treating schizophrenia
Essay frame includes AO1-6 marks and AO3 PEELs - 10 marks.
Essay frames are perfect for flipped learning and also for weaker students. Consider getting weaker students to focus on just 2 PEELs, whereas higher achieving students focusing on developing the counter arguments to develop their discussion. Also a great revision tool.
Ensure students focus on tailoring their links to the essay question at the top.
Once student has completed the essay frame, they can use this to create a brief essay plan, reducing the content by 80%.
Check out the essay frames for biopsychology and issues and debates topic too!
16 mark essay frames for students to complete to help them prepare for 16 mark essays, for each section of the biopsychology topic:
Localisation of function
Hemispheric lateralisation and split brain research
Plasticity and functional recovery
Ways of studying the brain
Circadian rhythms
Infradian and ultradian rhythms
Endogenous pacemaker and exogenous zeitgebers
Essay frame includes AO1-6 marks and AO3 PEELs - 10 marks.
Essay frames are perfect for flipped learning and also for weaker students. Consider getting weaker students to focus on just 2 PEELs, whereas higher achieving students focusing on developing the counter arguments to develop their discussion.
Ensure students focus on tailoring their links to the essay question at the top.
Once student has completed the essay frame, they can use this to create a brief essay plan, reducing the content by 80%.
Check out the essay frames for issues and debates topic too!
16 mark essay frames for students to complete to help them prepare for 16 mark essays, for each debate and bias in issues and debates topic:
Nature nurture debate
Freewill determinism debate
Holism reduction debate
Ethical implications and socially sensitive research
Cultural bias
Gender bias
Essay frame includes AO1-6 marks and AO3 PEELs - 10 marks
Essay frames are perfect for flipped learning and also for weaker students. Consider getting weaker students to focus on just 2 PEELs, whereas higher achieving students focusing on developing the counter arguments.
Ensure students focus on tailoring their links to the essay question at the top.
Once student has completed the essay frame, they can use this to create a brief essay plan, reducing the content by 80%.
Check out my essay frames for biopsychology topic!
A worksheet for students to complete either in class, or for homework, covering the essential mathematical content indicated in the GCSE Psychology specifications for OCR and AQA.
Ideal for OCR GCSE psychology.
With Christmas themed slides, it’s perfect for a knowledge check before you break for christmas!
Quiz rounds include:
Music - identify the term or concept from songs
Picture round - identify the psychologist/theory/study from pictures
General knowledge - identify the correct answer from a range of psychology focused questions
Anagram round - rearrange letters to identify research method terms
Task master round
Knowledge organiser for GCSE 9-1 psychology.
Covers the following areas:
Planning research
Doing research
Analysing research
Can be used for both OCR and AQA psychology.
If you leave a positive review you will receive a free 13 mark model essay
The following resource contains 13 powerpoint lessons covering the entire *GCSE Psychology research methods topic.
Lessons included are:
1.Experimental method (IV/DV and hypothesis writing)
2. Extraneous variables
3. Experimental design
4. Sampling methods
5. Ethical issues
6. Experiment types
7. Questionnaires
8. Interviews
9. Observations
10. Correlations and case studies
11. Analysing data - including descriptive statisitcs, ratios, standard form, percentages, fractions.
12. Reliability, validity and sources of bias
13. Bonus lesson - completing RM exam paper - *OCR board exam paper.
Topic also includes a student work booklet for them to complete either in lesson following the lessons or independently.
*Although the lessons were developed primarily for OCR board, the lessons can also be used to teach AQA GCSE spec.
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A work booklet for students covering all areas of research methods in the GCSE Psychology spec.
This work booklet allows students to complete activities to test and secure their knowledge is research methods.
There is also an additional page attached which enables students to practice the math requirements in GCSE psychology.
A scheme of work for the OCR GCSE Psychology 9-1 year 10. The scheme of work sets out the topics lesson by lesson with research methods and debates interleaved throughout the year.
Resources are also linked into the scheme of work - both paid and free resources.
This scheme of work is aimed at teachers who plan to cover the course in 2 years, leaving enough time in year 11 for plenty of revision.
Scheme of work for year 11 will be available to purchase shortly.
Student booklet for Forensic topic AQA A level psychology.
Students can use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
The work booklet enables teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklet whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work book helps students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklet comes as a pdf document.
Student booklet for Issues and Debates AQA A level psychology.
Students can use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
The work booklet enables teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklet whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work book helps students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklet comes as a pdf document.
Student booklet for Approaches Year 1 AQA A level psychology.
Students can use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
The work booklet enables teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklet whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work book helps students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklet comes as a pdf document.
Student booklet for Psychopathology AQA A level psychology.
Students can use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
The work booklet enables teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklet whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work book helps students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklet comes as a pdf document.
Student booklet for Social influence AQA A level psychology.
Students can use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
The work booklet enables teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklet whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work book helps students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklet comes as a pdf document.
A set of work booklets for students to use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
This resource contains the following student work booklet for all topics for the OCR GCSE Psychology 9-1 course:
Research methods
Criminal behaviour
Development
Memory
Social influence
Psychological problems
Sleep and dreaming
The booklets contain activities for students to complete, as well as exam practice questions.
The work booklets enable teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklets whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work books help students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklets come as a word and pdf document.
*** All users who leave a positive review will receive a 13 mark model essay for free!***
A work booklet for students to use during class, or outside of class, to help develop their understanding and to consolidate their learning.
This booklet covers the entire sleep and dreaming topic for the OCR GCSE Psychology 9-1 course. The booklet contains activities for students to complete, as well as exam practice questions.
The work booklet enables teachers to no longer worry about creating worksheets for students for each lesson. The students can work through the booklet whilst being taught directly or by using a textbook. The work book helps students to keep their notes organised as well as reducing planning for teachers.
The work booklet comes as a word and pdf document.