Learning Objectives ALL will know the skills they

Learning Objectives • ALL will know the skills they need to display in A 2 level essays • MOST will be able to explain at least two top tips for writing essays for PSYB 3 • SOME will be able to showcase the skills which examiners expect candidates to use DO NOW: Personal Progress Page HEADING: A 2 essays Write down what you know about writing A 2 essays already right now!!

Starter: seeing the mark scheme • You each have a generic (applies to every question) mark scheme • Figure out where YOU need to get to as a minimum, highlight and define what all the words in your mark band say, this is what you must do • • Grade A: 10 Grade B: 9 Grade C: 7 Grade D: 6 What do you need to do? What does this actually mean? What can YOU add to YOUR personal progress page?

Main • Next, we will look at some pieces of advice which the examiners state is important • We will do this using our old favourite the Map from Memory!! • http: //www. youtube. com /watch? v=i. C-_l. Vzdi. FE

Include evidence in the form of studies in your essays even if we don’t ask you to ALWAYS use POINT EVIDENCE and EXPLAIN for evaluation DON’T just leave all your A 02 until the end, evaluate THROUGHOUT as you go along DISCUSS: this can mean APPRAISE means make positive evaluations – what are the strengths? DISCUSS: this can mean COMPARE to another explanation or theory – how is it similar / different? DISCUSS: this can mean CRITICISE – what are the limitations? DISCUSS: this can mean APPLY e. g. applying your knowledge to a scenario based essay DISCUSS this can mean General analysis – for example, considering the implications of findings or theory

Map from Memory: reflection • State at least THREE things which the examiners want to see in your A 2 level essays • Can you add these to your personal progress page for this lesson?

Accessing AO 2 marks in 12 -mark answers All 12 mark answers have 4 marks for knowledge and description and 8 for discussion/analysis. What counts as discussion/ analysis? • • • Criticism – for example, identifying and discussing limitations of a theory, study or treatment Appraisal – making positive evaluations, for example, explaining the strengths of a theory, study or treatment Comparison – for example, discussing ways in which two theories might be similar or different Application – relating psychological knowledge to a novel situation in a scenario for example, explaining how a theory of substance abuse might apply in a case that has been described General analysis – for example, considering the implications of findings or theory Version 1. 0 Copyright © 2010 AQA Copyright and its©licensors. 2010 AQAAll and rights its licensors. reserved. All rights reserved.

Enhancing students’ AO 2 skills • Consider the examples below which are taken from answers to an essay Q on biological explanations of schizophrenia Summer 2010 1. The biological explanation is criticised for being too deterministic 2. The biological explanation is entirely on the nature side of the nature-nurture debate 3. It is reductionist to say it is all down to genes etc What is wrong with these examples? How could they be improved? THINK-PAIRSHARE Version 1. 0 Copyright © 2010 AQA Copyright and its©licensors. 2010 AQAAll and rights its licensors. reserved. All rights reserved.

Applying your knowledge, showing your learning • Pick any section (one relevant to an evaluation point) and write a model paragraph for: • ‘Outline and evaluate the biological explanation of Schizophrenia’ (12 marks) (4 A 01, 8 A 02) • You need to include both A 01 and A 02 knowledge using the skills which the examiners have identified Feedback

Learning Objectives • ALL what skills do you need to show in your A 2 essays? • MOST can you name two top tips for writing essays for PSYB 3? • SOME have you displayed the skills you have learnt this lesson?