Science Skills
5 total works
Problems in G.C.S.E. Science
by Jim Bennetts, Pat Burdett, Joyce Mundie, and Andy Williams
Published 1 August 1988
"Science Skills - Problems in GCSE Science" is a book of questions designed to develop and test process skills in double and single certification GCSE science and standard grade science. The questions are divided into four broad skill areas (information handling, problem solving, pattern analysis and evaluation) although some skills permeate all areas. A fifth section - synthesis - seeks to involve the broadest range of skills. All skills specified in the national criteria are covered (and many implications of grade criteria are foreshadowed) and other aspects of GCSE - such as the technological, social and environmental implications of science - are reflected. All groups of questions have been graded. Most questions are "content free" and any content referred to is within the national core curriculum for biology, physics and chemistry. Answers are not supplied for all questions, but those flagged in the text are discussed in detail in the answers section.
Problems in G.C.S.E. Chemistry
by Jim Bennetts, etc., M. Hannon, and J. Mundie
Published 1 February 1990
This is a book of questions designed to develop and test process skills in GCSE and Standard Grade Courses. The questions are divided into four broad skill areas (information handling, problem solving, pattern analysis and evaluation) although some skills permeate all areas. A fifth section - synthesis - seeks explicitly to involve the broadest range of skills. All skills specified in the National Criteria are covered (and many implications of Grade Criteria are foreshadowed) and other aspects of GCSE - such as the technological, social and environmental implications of chemistry are reflected. All the groups of questions have been graded. Most are "content free" and any content referred to is within the National Core Curriculum for Chemistry. Answers are not supplied for all questions, but those flagged in the text are discussed in detail in the answers section.
This text represents a resource to all science students. It offers a wide variety of original, graded problems in earth and environmental sciences, requiring students to handle and present information in different ways, to evaluate scientific data, to seek patterns, to derive and discover interactive variables and to synthesize scientific information. Other features include: coverage of current double-award criteria GCSE science syllabuses in the Earth Science area and National Curriculum Science material in Key Stage 4; sections on geology, geophysics, meteorology, astronomy, aspects of energy and human influences on the earth; "content free" questions, appropriate for students following any syllabus; questions drafted with particular Level Statements of the National Curriculum in mind, and each group of problems is arranged in a graded sequence; answers to selected questions are discussed for revision and review; and technological, environmental and economic aspects are stressed throughout, as science is applied to the real world.
Problems in G.C.S.E. Physics
by Jim Bennetts, Pat Burdett, Joyce Mundie, and Andy Williams
Published 17 September 1992
"Science Skills - Problems in GCSE Physics" is a book of questions designed to develop and test process skills in double and single award GCSE science, GCSE physics and standard grade science and physics. The questions are divided into four broad skill areas (information handling, problem solving, pattern analysis and evaluation) although some skills permeate all areas. A fifth section - synthesis - seeks explicitly to involve the broadest range of skills. All skills specified in the national criteria are covered (and many implications of grade criteria are foreshadowed) and other aspects of GCSE - such as the technological, social and environmental implications of physics - are reflected. All groups of questions have been graded. Most questions are "content free" and any content referred to is within the national core curriculum for physics. Answers are not supplied for all questions, but those flagged in the text are discussed in detail in the answers section.