One way in which I would like you to use this blog is to help you be reflective learners. I would like your comments about your test result and what actions you are going to take to help your progress in the subject.
The class average mark was 18/28 (64%)
Think about the following questions:
1) How much background reading have you done to support your lesson notes?
2) How much revision did you do for the test?
3) Did you find it difficult to recall facts, demonstrate understanding or apply your understanding to a new situation?
4) Have you underestimated the challenge and expectations of A Level?
Sharing your comments and ideas on this blog will help each other! I look forward to your comments.
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Ok, well...
1) I only did a bit of background reading after the first few lessons on aldehydes and ketones... and then I did a little about ADP/ATP for the essay but I'm ashamed to say that that's it (SORRY :'[)
2) I revised for about 10 minutes on Sat, 5 mins on Sun and crammed for about 5 minutes before the test (again, sorrry! It was a busy weekend...)
3) WELL, I got 2 Understandings and one Application wrong, so that was slightly difficult for me: but it was just the table at the end with the ticking stuff which was hard. I don't even know why it was hard :S perhaps I just fluffed it up in the test a bit...However, surprisingly, I got that fungus question right and the stuff about that Dex-something ratio which was equal to 100, which surprised me.
4) (this question sounds cruel...) And I may have done yes.
Hi,
1) Not as much as I should have. did some for the essay set by Miss Rollason, and I did a bit for the test but I'm not doing the like 4 hours work per subject or whatever it is that we are told to do for each subject.
2)I don't really know. I didn't really like sit and set designated times for revising, I just like, read through my notes and the text book at random times. I'd say I didn't not do anything as I did look at my notes but I didn't do a great deal.
3)I found the application questions the hardest out of the three and the questions I got wrong were application and understanding.
4) I don't think I underestimated the challenge. I'd heard about hte difficulty of A level from lots of people and I was prepared for that. I think I underestimated what the test was going to be like and it was a lot harder than anticipated.
Hiya,
1) i did a little bit of background reading for the food tests but didnt really look at anything other than my notes for the rest...i did quite a lot for the essay though
2) i revised a lot more than i normally would for a test like this, but i probably could have done a bit more for remembering key words and stuff like that
3) well i lost my marks on recall and understanding so ye...i managed to get the hard stuff right and lost marks that i could have got if id revised a little bit more
4) i dont think i underestimated the whole thing, but i thought the test would be easier than it was
Hii,
1) Ermm, I haven't done much because I don't really know what I'm supposed to read up on??
2) I didn't do much I must admit because I was trying to fit it in whenever I had time, like 5 mins every couple of hours, I guess it weren't effective otherwise I wouldv'e got a better mark :S
3) It think I lost the most marks on recall, probably because I didn't do effective revision.
4) Yeah! I really thought it was going to be like Unit 3 but in more depth?? And the test was way harder than I thought it was going to be - well maybe I'm saying that because I didn't do too good!! :S
I didn't really do a lot of background reading (unless you count the textbook). But I suppose I should probably read Biological Sciences Review and New Scientist...
I didn't do a lot of revision over the weekend because I was away, but I think I did quite a considerable amount of 'cramming' the night before the test. Recalling facts was OK because I'd revised. I mostly lost marks on application.
I may have underestimated A Level a little. I didn't think that we would be required to do as much independent work. I expected the test to be really hard, so I did more revision, which made it easier than I thought it would be.
1) Erm, admittedly i didn't really do any background reading, apart from things in the textbook.
2) I did do revision for the test, but i think i managed to revise the wrong things: i should have looked more at the notes on things rather than the structures of the sugars.
3) Hmm, don't think so, i'm not really sure... i think i just didn't know the information as well as i needed to.
4) Yes, probably. I think mainly because i hadn't seen any A-level questions for biology before.
Hey..
i didnt really do any background reading tbh..i think i should have atleast read the textbook..
i didnt do much revision either..i went through my notes and that was about it..i think i really need to catch up because i dont really understand most of what goes on in lessons..todays lesson was the only lesson i actually understood :P
i think the application questions were the hardest but tbh i found most of it hard because i didnt understand it..
i think i did underestimate a-level biology abit..i knew it was going to be harder than gcse but not this hard!!
It's taken me ages to find the 12B blog because the email invite had a link for the 12C blog!
1)i didnt really do much background reading but i think it will help next time especially with the application questions
2) i did revise but i mainly focused on learning the structures which didnt really help
3)i could recall facts and understand but i found it hard to apply my understanding
4) i didnt really know what to expect but i think i probably did underestimate what the test was going to be like.
i think the test was a good thing because i now know what to expect and how the stuff i learn in class could be tested in an exam. if that makes sense!
:)
right then... =]
1) not much, this year's been a bit busy =[.
2) a bit, but not enough (obviously).
3) i'd say i found application the hardest... cause it kinda is.
4) underestimation... well not really... i suppose i didn't acknowledge how much depth i should but into my answers.
but overall... i just think the CA was a bit too early
xD
1) Haven't done much background reading
2) I did revise but focused on stuff that wasn't in the test so that made me sad
3) I found the understanding questions quite tricky
4) Biology is killing me a bit but I just need to get used to the change from GCSE to AS
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