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DiDA - how many GCSE's is it worth?

00N

9

Teacher and everyone say its 4 gcse's but on certificate it says on qualification with a credit???????????

Reply 1

SirMasterKey

18

well it is done differenetly to GCSE's

It is EQUIVILANT to 4 GCSE's.

Each module is equivilant to one GCSE.

Reply 2

Kuriso

1

It depends, there are four different units that make up the complete DiDA course and you don't have to do all four.

1 unit is AiDA which is worth 1 GCSE
2 units is CiDA which is worth 2 GCSEs
3 units is CiDA+ which is worth 3 GCSEs
4 units is DiDA which is worth 4 GCSEs

The credit part is how well you passed the course, you can pass with a pass, credit, merit and a distinction, worth a C,B,A and A* respectively.

Reply 3

SirMasterKey

18

Kuriso

It depends, there are four different units that make up the complete DiDA course and you don't have to do all four.

1 unit is AiDA which is worth 1 GCSE
2 units is CiDA which is worth 2 GCSEs
3 units is CiDA+ which is worth 3 GCSEs
4 units is DiDA which is worth 4 GCSEs

And if you do the DiDA you have done the others as well as you can chose one if say one unit you completely failed and it made it 4 B's while if you did the 3 you got A*'s. Not often but on the certificate it lists them as 4 different ones but you can't say I have CiDA+ and DiDA as you don't.

Reply 4

Elynnor1811

16

it depends how many of the sections you do.. most schools just do the first unit, which is equivelent to 1 gcse.. if you complete all of it its worth 4, but i haven't heard of many people doing that.

Reply 5

S23a

15

Don't do it, it's the most monotonous, boring thing i've ever done.

Reply 6

TheButtylicious

9

SSingh23

Don't do it, it's the most monotonous, boring thing i've ever done.

Much agreed :yes:

Waste of time, learnt nothing

Reply 7

lekky

19

SSingh23

Don't do it, it's the most monotonous, boring thing i've ever done.

This. My mum teaches the thing and she advised me not to do it!

Reply 8

Skadoosh

12

I did 3 units, got 3 GCSEs out of it and it was pretty piss. Boring, yes, and I learnt bugger all from it, but it's quite a relaxing lesson compared to some others.

Reply 9

ben113

DiDA is so boring! My school forces every student to do this course, and nobody learns a thing.

We spend the first five minutes working, give up and play rubbish flash games (which the school tries to block) for the rest of the lesson.

It can't seriously be worth 4 GCSE's can it? because if you compare it to something like english or french which you put loads of work and effort into DiDA seems almost worthless.

Reply 10

prince_of_paupers

1

SirMasterKey

And if you do the DiDA you have done the others as well as you can chose one if say one unit you completely failed and it made it 4 B's while if you did the 3 you got A*'s. Not often but on the certificate it lists them as 4 different ones but you can't say I have CiDA+ and DiDA as you don't.

How would one go about doing that? I did AiDA (1 GCSE equiv.) in year 10 and CiDA (2 GCSE equiv.) in year eleven. I've been given 41/42 for AiDA and 22/42 for CiDA - my school never cashed in AiDA and is carrying it forward - this means that my CiDA will average to CC - I would much rather have one A*.

thanks in advance

Reply 11

SirMasterKey

18

prince_of_paupers

How would one go about doing that? I did AiDA (1 GCSE equiv.) in year 10 and CiDA (2 GCSE equiv.) in year eleven. I've been given 41/42 for AiDA and 22/42 for CiDA - my school never cashed in AiDA and is carrying it forward - this means that my CiDA will average to CC - I would much rather have one A*.

thanks in advance

If you are cashing in the CiDA, you'll should still have the AiDA qualification on the certificate. :smile:

Reply 12

prince_of_paupers

1

SirMasterKey

If you are cashing in the CiDA, you'll should still have the AiDA qualification on the certificate. :smile:

So would that mean me declining CiDA and cashing in AiDA? cause I thought we aren't allowed to decline grades any more... :s-smilie:

Reply 13

SirMasterKey

18

prince_of_paupers

So would that mean me declining CiDA and cashing in AiDA? cause I thought we aren't allowed to decline grades any more... :s-smilie:

You can't decline the grade but your certificate will state the two different qualifications on it. I'd ask your teacher more about it as mine didn't make sense when I asked them last year.