tutor2u Psychology – Weekly Update (22 Aug 2016)

Last week was one of most stressful weeks in the teaching calendar, with the publication of the 2016 A-Level results on Thursday 18^th August. While the week was mostly centred on A-Level results and analysing the impact of the new linear A-Level, the tutor2u Psych team has been busy publishing the first of their new resources, ready for September.

IB STUDY NOTES

Also, the first section of our new IB Biological Psychology study notes has now been uploaded, including the key assumptions of the biological approach, plus the first of our key studies, looking at McGuffin et al., (1996). To read these study notes, click here.

A LEVEL STUDY NOTES

The first section of our new Forensic Psychology study notes has now been uploaded. To read this new series, including the Problems in Defining Crime and Ways of Measuring Crime, click here.

BLOGS

Last week’s Blog was had everything from the Olympics to A-Level Results Analysis. To catch up on any missed posts, click the links below:

• Could you kill for your food?
• 10 Interesting Psychology Twitter Accounts
• Are you stressed? How to use stress to your advantage
• Silver Medal is Psychologically the Worst Medal Position
• The Psychology of Burnout, Illness and Injury among Elite Junior Athletes
• Stressed Over A-Level Results Day?
• Psychology experiences a large decline in AS entries. How has the new linear A-Level affected Psychology?

DON’T MISS OUT…

REVISION VIDEOS

The first Biopsychology Topic Videos have now been uploaded to our Revision Video Series. Don’t miss these short revision videos which are essential for both Year 1 and 2.

MARKING GRIDS FOR AQA, OCR & EDEXCEL

If you’ve used our popular peer marking grid, you will know that it can save you hours and hours of marking time, while also making your students understand the requirements of the mark scheme.

We now have marking grids available for three of the major exam boards, -AQA, OCR and Edexcel. To download our peer-marking grids, click the appropriate link below:

• AQA Peer-Marking Grid
• OCR Peer-Marking Grid
• Edexcel Peer-Marking Grid

FREE CPD Webinars - At tutor2u we are committed to providing top quality advice, guidance and support for Psychology teachers and students and recently we extended our support to OCR and IB. We now have a dedicated team working on the creation of OCR and IB resources and will be extending our provision of FREE webinars to include CPD for OCR and IB teachers.

Keep an eye on our events page and sign up to one or more of our FREE webinars.

A Level Psychology Free Teacher CPD Webinars

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