I wish it did, at AS there really isnt much maths, onlyt a bit bout mechanics, and a couple of equations u need to know. Although at A2 it gets a little more mathsy, but i wish there was more maths in it

Reply 9

Christophicus

18

rpotter

I wish it did, at AS there really isnt much maths, onlyt a bit bout mechanics, and a couple of equations u need to know. Although at A2 it gets a little more mathsy, but i wish there was more maths in it

OCR A is better than OCR B. Well it has better titles for modules anyway. :rolleyes:

Reply 10

samd

10

Widowmaker

OCR A is better than OCR B. Well it has better titles for modules anyway. :rolleyes:

I would say that OCR A is probably better than OCR B in every respect except the module titles.

"THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE"

:smile:

Reply 11

donteatthepie

7

OCR A is harder, has the most to learn out of any exam board specification for physics :frown:

With a teacher who just reads out of a book that's not the best one to be doing!

Reply 12

Mr Ben

14

OCR B seems to be quite applied, lots of references to the real world *shudders*. The module titles all sound the same, Physics in Action, Physics in Practice etc. so its easy to forget which one you're doing. Other than the awesomness of the "Rise and fall of the clockwork universe" title.

Reply 13

ashy

17

I did OCR A and liked it - I can still remember the module numbers! 2824 was the hellishly big one, I remember that much. It was like an entire A2 textbook for one module! Yeah actually, the OCR A 2824 textbook was the same size as the OCR Chemistry A2 book! (all modules)

Oh well, I got 85/90 for that one, so it can't have been that bad.

Reply 14

teachercol

9

OCR A is the more traditional syllabus. Mechanics / Electricity / waves in the first year.

OCR B is a more modern 'themed' approach teaching the physics via applications.

My personal preference is for A over B - but my VP prefers B over A.

Reply 15

Pork and Beans

12

A is a regular A-level, written by regular exam board physics people.

B was created by demons at the institute of physics, and has an excessive amount of coursework. There is also only one textbook available for it (the iop's own), and it's bloody awful.

Reply 16

Mr Ben

14

DanielJBaker

There is also only one textbook available for it (the iop's own), and it's bloody awful.

There's a book by Ken Dobson which covers the pretty much the same things as in the OCR B book, we use it to supplement the terrible terrible IoP book, I'll try to find it on amazon for you

Edit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Physics-Collins-Advanced-Science-Dobson/dp/0007267509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210182802&sr=1-1

that's the book, it doesn't cover the syllabus exactly, but I still find it very good to learn from.