The Big "GCSE FAQ" Thread

This is the place for every and any question you have about or relating to GCSEs.

I'll kick it off:

Is it possible to learn the whole AQA Science Sylabuss independently in 1 year?

:yep:

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Reply 1

becky.fm

im so academic

This is the place for every and any question you have about or relating to GCSEs.

I'll kick it off:

Is it possible to learn the whole AQA Science Sylabuss independently in 1 year?

:yep:

Why would you want to? You have to learn it at school anyways..

Reply 2

Laura373

in a word, no.
because you have ISAs to do.

Reply 3

laurenlodge

I'd say probably not. It's an awful lot to learn. I take it you mean the core science?

Reply 4

im so academic

Laura373

in a word, no.
because you have ISAs to do.

What are those exactly?

Reply 5

John Locke

You could easily learn all the theory, but why would you want to do it in a year?

Reply 6

im so academic

lozz2601

I'd say probably not. It's an awful lot to learn. I take it you mean the core science?

Yeah, that's the one!

Reply 7

laurenlodge

im so academic

What are those exactly?

HSW practicals.
You do an experiment, and then have to do a paper on it later on - a how science works - sort of thing.
You do a table for the results in the lesson with the investigation and then do the paper in the next lesson. It's all about variables and bias and things like that.

Reply 8

lil_miss_rapunzel

well, I'd say yes then. We did core in a year, and CGP books are amazing for science if they're exam board specific IMO :yep:

Reply 9

laurenlodge

im so academic

Yeah, that's the one!

A lot a lot to learn, but we did Core and Additional in two years - so actually, it's probably possible.

Reply 10

Danules

My school does igcse and whilst the exams are slightly harder, you can do it without coursework or modules. The edexcel igcse textbooks are excellent. You take 2 papers for each science, one worth 80% on theory and one worth 20% on experiments which means if you find a place that offers you to sit it, you just have exams at the end.

Go for it.

Anyone know the pros and cons of doing GCSE Short Course ICT and/or GCSE ICT?

thanks

Reply 13

lil_miss_rapunzel

Pro of SHort Course: you only have to do 1 piece of courseworkinstead of 2
Pro of Long course: you might as well do an extra piece of coursework to get a full GCSE

(Referring to AQA btw)

Reply 14

Fantastical

With edexcel, when I sat it, the short course had 2 pieces of coursework as opposed to 4 and the last section of the exam was missed out for the short course.

Reply 15

insparato

Keep this on topic. If it gets too spammy I'm moving it.

Reply 16

AnonyMatt

Firstly, I don't understand this thread. Isn't the purpose of the forum to ask questions related to GCSE?

Anyway, of course it's possible to learn the core science syllabus in 1 year. You're supposed to do it in a few monthsif you do triple science, and when you learn independently, you can put more time into it than you would if you were learning in school.