COD 2014 - S506

AS Biology Follow Up: Improving Students' Performance

Teachers with little or no experience teaching AS Biology. More experienced teachers are also invited to share ideas.

1 sessions, start: 16-Jun

Course detail

Year: 2014
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Prof. Marcela Rodriguez
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 16 June 2014 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Marcela Rodriguez

Marcela Rodriguez is a Specialist in Science Education (Universidad de San Andrés) and holds a degree in Environmental Management (UNICEN). She is a graduate Biology and Geography teacher and has been teaching IGCSE Environmental Management, Geography, Biology and AS Biology since 1996 at various schools in the the northern area of Great Buenos Aires. She is a Cambridge Assessment Specialist, IBO senior examiner and reviser of Science textbooks.
Teachers with little or no experience teaching AS Biology. More experienced teachers are also invited to share ideas.
To discuss issues that arise when teaching AS Biology and strategies to overcome them. Discuss past exam questions. Share experiences.
- Brief summary of the first session
- Syllabus: tough topics and misconceptions. How to deal with them.
- Correcting students' answers: differences between As and IGCSE level answers.
- Past exam questions.
- Teachers' and students' resources.
Communicative approach. Oral presentation. Questions and answers.
Past papers, AS Biology textbooks and workbooks, web resources.
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