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does anyone know of any GCSE's that are 100% exam

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stillenacht · 05/04/2009 10:11

Because i would like to take some - just for a laugh with no revision just to see if i could blag it. I am a teacher and have invigilated many GCSE's and have found the question papers really easy and would love to sit Geography or History or physics or something having done no revision to see if i could get an A or A* (I know i could get a C no prob - i mean...c'mon!)

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bagsforlife · 05/04/2009 11:34

I've got a feeling there may be no coursework in Maths now.....

southeastastra · 05/04/2009 11:41

i'd like to try one or two too i'll as ds(15) but he's still kipping

southeastastra · 05/04/2009 11:41

as!! ask

Bonneville · 05/04/2009 11:53

I would like to try this too.

twinsetandpearls · 05/04/2009 11:56

No maths anymore, short courses tend to be all exam, in my experience anyway. A short course may suit you as the standard is as high but you do less content.

More and more GCSEs I think are loosing coursework.

SecretSlattern · 05/04/2009 12:31

I'm doing maths atm and there is no coursework, but it is all squashed into one year and is quite intense. The grade comes from 2 exams only.

Winetimeisfinetime · 05/04/2009 13:16

I don't think there is a coursework element to iGCSEs but I think they are reputed to be tougher exams than GCSEs

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stillenacht · 05/04/2009 13:17

thanks guys - i would like to do a subject i didn't do first time round and i dropped all humanities except RE so was wondering really about History and Geography. I only did biology at school but would quite fancy doing a 100% exam physics paper. I don't really want to do maths again - from what i hear about GCSE Physics there isn't a great deal of maths in it nowadays (btw i am a music teacher).

Are there any 'wierd and wacky' ones that are 100% exam -would be up for giving them a go too

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stillenacht · 05/04/2009 13:18

oh wow - IGCSE's - have heard of them will def do some research to see if i can just sit an exam with no prep or coursework - sounds great!

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MollieO · 05/04/2009 17:11

IGCSEs are GCSEs without coursework. Viewed as being harder than the current form of GSCEs and therefore what the better public schools have now chosen to do. They consider them to be more of a test for the more able pupil.

crazycrofter · 08/04/2009 09:20

My husband teachers AQA History (Modern World) and his class have chosen to ditch the coursework and do an extra exam paper. I think there are three exams.

musicposy · 08/04/2009 14:06

If you email OCR, they will give you a list of subjets with no coursework, which include Maths, Latin and Classical Studies and some of the more international languages, amongst others. Because they are rather a strange mix, we are looking at some iGCSEs for my daughter (who is home ed). We are currently studying for Biology and Geography with Cambridge international exams. Both are exam only.

I think they are harder than normal GCSEs, though, much more like the old O level in format.

Annner · 09/04/2009 23:17

I teach in a school that does IGCSE. My impression of the Bio paper that I invigilated recently was that I would have needed to have been taught to do a lot of it. Old GCSE ones were well within the range of an educated adult's general knowledge - which I think is what you are getting at here?

I'm a Spanish/French teacher, BTW, with GCSE Bio.

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