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AQA GCSE Psychology Summer Revision Booklet
This is a 9 page, editable booklet to provide to Year 10 students over the summer holiday to aid their revision in preparation for Year 11. It covers Paper 1 content, a week to be spent on each topic (4 weeks in total), with around 8-10 questions covering each topic. There is ample space in the booklet to write the answers making it easy to check completion when they return in September.
AQA GCSE Psychology: Language, Thought & Communication Homework Workbook/Booklet
This editable 6 page workbook is perfect for homework, for experienced and new teachers alike.
Each page equates to one week’s homework with a different task on each page. The tasks are centred around exam skills and keeps all homework in one place for easier organisation.
When printing, I would recommend converting the PowerPoint to PDF as this may cause some formatting issues with some printers.
AQA GCSE Psychology Topics Requiring Evaluation
This is a PDF document outlining which theories and studies require evaluation under the AQA GCSE Psychology specification.
AQA GCSE Psychology: Hypotheses for Key Studies
This is a lesson resource to help prepare students for exam questions that require them to write a hypothesis for key studies across the specification. The lesson is scaffolded and guided to help students to do this successfully by the end of the lesson. It also serves as useful revision of all key studies. The
AQA GCSE Psychology: Research Method Evaluation Revision
A common exam question is to evaluate a research method. This could be as a simple question, such as “Evaluate the use of [x] in psychological research” or it could be as part of an essay on a key study, to describe that key study and then evaluate the research method of it. This lesson resource revises evaluation points for these research methods in breadth and depth to help students achieve well on these exam questions. It comes with a PowerPoint and handout for students to make notes.
AQA GCSE Psychology: Booklet of Possible Essay Questions
This is a booklet to allow students to practice possible essays on all key theories and key studies across the specification. It does not include synoptic essays or essays with AO2.
AQA GCSE Psychology: Evaluating the Research Methods of Key Studies
A common exam question is to evaluate a research method of a key study, this will be part of an essay. This resource prepares students for these questions by asking them to identify the research method of all key studies and then evaluating those, a handout is provided. All methodology have been checked against the AQA Scheme of Work where possible and will be updated. Evaluation wording has been taken from past mark schemes where possible.
AQA GCSE Psychology: Conduct a Study Booklet
This AQA GCSE Psychology: Conduct a Study Booklet outlines instructions for students to plan and conduct a simply experiment into the capacity of short-term memory. It has a checklist of what they need to plan out and instructions on how to deliver their experiment. On the final page is guidance on how to write a report about their study, this checklist covers as many things from the specification as possible and includes a challenge activity.
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AQA GCSE Psychology: Development Topic Bundle
This contains all 10 lessons in the Development topic for AQA GCSE Psychology. It also contains a Homework booklet, a Starter booklet and the entire Development Workbooklet.
Early brain development:
A basic knowledge of brain development, from simple neural structures in the womb, of brain stem, thalamus, cerebellum and cortex, reflecting the development of autonomic functions, sensory processing, movement and cognition. The roles of nature and nurture.
Piaget’s stage theory and the development of intelligence. The role of Piaget’s theory in education:
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development including concepts of assimilation and accommodation.
The four stages of development: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational. Application of these stages in education.
Development of conservation. McGarrigle and Donaldson’s ‘naughty teddy study’
Reduction of egocentricity. Hughes’ ‘policeman doll study’.
The effects of learning on development:
Dweck’s Mindset Theory of learning: fixed mindset and growth mindset. The role of praise and self-efficacy beliefs in learning.
Learning styles including verbalisers and visualisers.
Willingham’s Learning Theory and his criticism of learning styles.