Cambridge interview

QUESTIONS:

  1. Are you going to further expand this cambridge exam?

in the sense of having many other schools do it?

  1. What’s the key to excellence in a Cambridge exam?


NOTES:

  • David Martindil

  • from Singapore

  • he is a Trainer-online tutor-science teacher-examinator.

  • who works at the international school in Singapore.


PART 1: The Syllabus

  • A lot of information

  • Much more than a year’s program

  • In addition to the command words it also includes the activities that Cambridge goes to investigate

  • It is divided into various skills


A1 - basic level

A2 - level of knowledge and ability to explain


PART2: Active Learning

Ways to review:

  • one person says an answer, the other has to create the question to which the answer

  • The student must considerare the question to give an answer.

  • Converting information like images or grafici

  • “Odd one out” - put no more than three keywords to answer a question

  • “What’s the story?”’ - Give a number of key terms

  • Taboo - Try to describe the concept evitando 3-4 key terms

  • I tell you the answer you tell me the question


THINGS FOR NOTES

  • Padlet

  • Scribble

  • Kahoot


PART3: Enhanced retention

Ways to remember everything:

  • maps can help - visual memory

  • create a story that connects all the topics

  • create a storyboard

  • memory "remembers" according to the study method with which one has studied and how many times it has been reviewed

  • it is better to study in days


PART4: Virtual practical work

Tools with which you can study:

7 types:

  • Watch a video

  • Use an interactive simulation

  • Extract data from a video

  • Use a database to extract information

  • Build and use a virtual model

  • Carry out a home experiment


PART5: Overcoming misconceptions

Command words sometimes cause problems because the students don’t understand the meaning.

Example of command words:

  • describe - descrivere

  • explain - we start the answer with because

  • state - spiegare in modo approfondito e dettagliato qualcosa (=to say or write something, especially clearly and carefully)

  • use command words

  • use a graph

  • drawing a table


PART6: Useful websites

Some websites for revise:

  • Tarsia (use triangles)

  • Kahoot

  • summary

  • presentation