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Is anyone retaking or taking as a first time, the Edexcel Nuffield Chemistry exam in January?
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(Original post by thecaped)
Is anyone retaking or taking as a first time, the Edexcel Nuffield Chemistry exam in January?
Is anyone retaking or taking as a first time, the Edexcel Nuffield Chemistry exam in January?
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(Original post by thecaped)
What Topics Have You Studied For This Unit?
What Topics Have You Studied For This Unit?
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yeh, it is a different syllabus. I am doing halogenoalkanes, covalent bonding, halogens and alkenes.
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I do the nuffield syllabus 
I'm not retaking but I am sitting a new module (unit 4) in January which does include some stuff from unit 2 (which is a shame because I despise all of that halogenoalkane topic!)
I'm not retaking but I am sitting a new module (unit 4) in January which does include some stuff from unit 2 (which is a shame because I despise all of that halogenoalkane topic!)
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(Original post by Lucy)
I do the nuffield syllabus I'm not retaking but I am sitting a new module (unit 4) in January which does include some stuff from unit 2 (which is a shame because I despise all of that halogenoalkane topic!)
I do the nuffield syllabus
I'm not retaking but I am sitting a new module (unit 4) in January which does include some stuff from unit 2 (which is a shame because I despise all of that halogenoalkane topic!)
lucy, did u have to do those horrid pratical tasks in the as year (unit 3)?
also doing unit 4, in jan.
retaking unit 2
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(Original post by xtra786)
lucy, did u have to do those horrid pratical tasks in the as year (unit 3)?
also doing unit 4, in jan.
retaking unit 2
lucy, did u have to do those horrid pratical tasks in the as year (unit 3)?
also doing unit 4, in jan.
retaking unit 2
Plus if you do well, it gives you some 'safety' marks in case you don't do so well in unit 1 or 2...
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(Original post by Lucy)
I actually liked the practical component of the AS level! It was the part which I scored the best in anyway Plus if you do well, it gives you some 'safety' marks in case you don't do so well in unit 1 or 2...
I actually liked the practical component of the AS level! It was the part which I scored the best in anyway
Plus if you do well, it gives you some 'safety' marks in case you don't do so well in unit 1 or 2...
came out with an A in the end?
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Yeah I did - I was glad I had a 'safety net' from unit 3 because I found units 1 & 2 this year pretty hard compared to some of the past papers I had done previously 
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(Original post by Ralfskini)
AS chemistry is like gcse. Especially unit 1.
AS chemistry is like gcse. Especially unit 1.
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(Original post by Lucy)
Edexcel AS Chemistry is like GCSE. The specific courses i.e. Nuffield (and Salters for OCR) are supposed to be more challenging, not sure though as I haven't actually seen a 'normal' Edexcel AS Chemistry paper before.
Edexcel AS Chemistry is like GCSE. The specific courses i.e. Nuffield (and Salters for OCR) are supposed to be more challenging, not sure though as I haven't actually seen a 'normal' Edexcel AS Chemistry paper before.
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(Original post by Ralfskini)
More challenging and therefore lower grade boundaries.
More challenging and therefore lower grade boundaries.
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(Original post by Lucy)
This implies that it takes around the same amount of 'work' to get an A in a 'normal' paper than to get an A in a Nuffield/Salters paper which I don't think is the case (and neither do examining boards/unis/schools). Although the grade boundaries may be lower, you still need a greater amount of knowledge of 'harder' topics to get a set number of marks in Nuffield/Salters, whereas you can have less knowledge of 'easier' topics to get a greater number of marks in 'normal' papers. Hence the lower grade boundaries in Nuffield/Salters but it still doesn't mean you are using the same amounts of knowledge to get a set grade in each of the papers.
This implies that it takes around the same amount of 'work' to get an A in a 'normal' paper than to get an A in a Nuffield/Salters paper which I don't think is the case (and neither do examining boards/unis/schools). Although the grade boundaries may be lower, you still need a greater amount of knowledge of 'harder' topics to get a set number of marks in Nuffield/Salters, whereas you can have less knowledge of 'easier' topics to get a greater number of marks in 'normal' papers. Hence the lower grade boundaries in Nuffield/Salters but it still doesn't mean you are using the same amounts of knowledge to get a set grade in each of the papers.
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I'm sitting the Unit 4 Nuffield Chemistry exam in January. I'm planning on retaking my Unit 2 though (I got absolutely horrible on in last June), but my Chem teacher reccomended that I just do it together with my Unit 6 synoptic in June.
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