Wednesday 27 March 2013
Business results - 27/03/13
One of my targets was to complete all of my Business and ICT coursework. Recently I received my final coursework grades for all of my Business coursework. I will have a chance to make some final amendments but I am very happy with my results! I got 47/60 for Unit 3 which was one mark off an A and for Unit I received 53/60 which is a strong A. Overall, I will complete these corrections and I should pick up a few more marks. I am glad that I got high scores because this takes the pressure off the exam because the coursework is 60% of my AS grade.
Thursday 7 March 2013
07/03/13 - Exam Results!
Today I got my first AS Level exam result for Law! I was expecting a B or a C as I knew I made mistakes however I was very surprised to see that I got an A. I am very pleased with my results and it shows that my revision paid off!
This result was in Law so this is helping to work towards the career I would like. I would love to get an apprenticeship in a Law firm and if I continue to get high grades in Law then this will put me at an advantage over candidates who have not previously studied Law.
I organised my time so that in the weeks leading up to my exam I tried to do 1-3 hours of revision per day and I will be using this technique when doing exams in the summer although as I will have many more exams, I will be trying to do between 2 and 4 hours per day.
Overall, this is working towards one of my medium term targets which was to pass all of my A levels and it proves that I have been meeting one of my short term targets which was to revise for all of my Law and Psychology exams.
This result was in Law so this is helping to work towards the career I would like. I would love to get an apprenticeship in a Law firm and if I continue to get high grades in Law then this will put me at an advantage over candidates who have not previously studied Law.
I organised my time so that in the weeks leading up to my exam I tried to do 1-3 hours of revision per day and I will be using this technique when doing exams in the summer although as I will have many more exams, I will be trying to do between 2 and 4 hours per day.
Overall, this is working towards one of my medium term targets which was to pass all of my A levels and it proves that I have been meeting one of my short term targets which was to revise for all of my Law and Psychology exams.
Friday 1 March 2013
01/03/13 - ICT Corrections and Proof Reading
Today I have completed almost all of my ICT corrections for both Unit 18
(Databases) and Unit 1 (Communication and Employability). Overall, I was
expecting to have a lot of work to do for Unit 18, however I did not get as
much as I thought. I need to complete P1, M1 and D1 as these were not up to A
level standards and then I will have completed this Unit at Distinction level
(this is my target grade).
For Unit 1- I also had a lot of corrections. I still need to complete the Distinction criteria to get my target grade. This has shown me how important reading the mark scheme is- I had to create a leaflet for young people but when I created my first draft it was not meeting this criteria. Below is a before and after view of a page in my leaflet and as you can see, the second image is much more suitable for the target audience as I have added columns and pictures.
One of the tasks in Unit 1 was to proof read some of my work and use symbols to show the amendments that need to be made. Although I do proof read my work, using the symbols and having to proof read my work properly has shown me exactly how useful it is. I found a lot of mistakes and in future I am going to ensure that I proof read all of my work properly to avoid this.
For Unit 1- I also had a lot of corrections. I still need to complete the Distinction criteria to get my target grade. This has shown me how important reading the mark scheme is- I had to create a leaflet for young people but when I created my first draft it was not meeting this criteria. Below is a before and after view of a page in my leaflet and as you can see, the second image is much more suitable for the target audience as I have added columns and pictures.
I found the corrections okay but in future I am going to use the make scheme
as I am going along so that I can make sure that I am including everything because
I have found that there were a lot of things that I missed off that could have
been avoided.
One of the tasks in Unit 1 was to proof read some of my work and use symbols to show the amendments that need to be made. Although I do proof read my work, using the symbols and having to proof read my work properly has shown me exactly how useful it is. I found a lot of mistakes and in future I am going to ensure that I proof read all of my work properly to avoid this.
Friday 22 February 2013
22/02/13 - Career Prospects
Recently I have been thinking about what job I would like to get in the future.
I enjoy Law so I have been looking into jobs in that area of work (although I don't want to go to university so I don't want to be a lawyer or solicitor). I have found a job that involves being a legal assistant and it is called a Paralegal- I think that this is a suitable job for me as I enjoy Law and I am also taking ICT and Business which are also relevant.
There are many routes into Paralegal work and if possible I want to get an apprenticeship in a law firm so that I have experience and some qualifications relevant to the job. To get an apprenticeship I will need very good A levels and I will have to make sure that I do well in Law and ICT especially. In 2 weeks I will receive my results for my first Law exam so fingers crossed! Although the exam was okay it didn't go as well as I hoped so I may have to retake it in the summer (I think I will retake it of I receive a C or lower as I know I can do better).
Because of the requirements for the apprenticeships I will need to work on one of my main weaknesses which is exams. As I have said in previous posts, I can improve this by practicing exam questions regularly whilst revision and throughout the rest of the year.
Although this is a career that I am interested in persuing- there are many other careers that I would consider such as administrative jobs- especially if I do not get my expected grades.
I enjoy Law so I have been looking into jobs in that area of work (although I don't want to go to university so I don't want to be a lawyer or solicitor). I have found a job that involves being a legal assistant and it is called a Paralegal- I think that this is a suitable job for me as I enjoy Law and I am also taking ICT and Business which are also relevant.
There are many routes into Paralegal work and if possible I want to get an apprenticeship in a law firm so that I have experience and some qualifications relevant to the job. To get an apprenticeship I will need very good A levels and I will have to make sure that I do well in Law and ICT especially. In 2 weeks I will receive my results for my first Law exam so fingers crossed! Although the exam was okay it didn't go as well as I hoped so I may have to retake it in the summer (I think I will retake it of I receive a C or lower as I know I can do better).
Because of the requirements for the apprenticeships I will need to work on one of my main weaknesses which is exams. As I have said in previous posts, I can improve this by practicing exam questions regularly whilst revision and throughout the rest of the year.
Although this is a career that I am interested in persuing- there are many other careers that I would consider such as administrative jobs- especially if I do not get my expected grades.
Tuesday 19 February 2013
19/02/13 - ICT Deadline
I have just completed my Unit 18 ICT work before the deadline which was today.
Although we struggled on this work at the beginning, I managed to get my work organised so that I could complete it all in time. This is also working towards one of my short term goals which was to complete all of my work before the deadlines for my coursework.
Overall, I am happy with my coursework although I will have amendments to complete before this unit is complete. I think that courework is one of my strengths because I can redo parts of it or add to things to it as we go along whereas with exams you only get one shot.
In the future I would like to make sure that I understand what my task is overall, becuase although I knew what each individual piece of work was for- I was not looking at the bigger picture. This is one of my weaknesses and to help me in the fuuture I need to look at the bigger picture of what I am doing and the outcome that I eventaully need to achieve.
Although we struggled on this work at the beginning, I managed to get my work organised so that I could complete it all in time. This is also working towards one of my short term goals which was to complete all of my work before the deadlines for my coursework.
Overall, I am happy with my coursework although I will have amendments to complete before this unit is complete. I think that courework is one of my strengths because I can redo parts of it or add to things to it as we go along whereas with exams you only get one shot.
In the future I would like to make sure that I understand what my task is overall, becuase although I knew what each individual piece of work was for- I was not looking at the bigger picture. This is one of my weaknesses and to help me in the fuuture I need to look at the bigger picture of what I am doing and the outcome that I eventaully need to achieve.
Friday 8 February 2013
08/02/13 - Business Deadline
One of my short term goals was to meet all of my Business and ICT deadlines. Today was my final deadline for Unit 3 of Applied Business and this means that, except for corrections, I have finished all of my coursework for AS Business.
Overall, I think I have done well on the coursework unit considering this has been the first time I have had to do a lot of coursework in a short amount of time and, as I said in a previous post, completing my homework on the day it was set has helped me to be organised. The second part of AS Applied Business is examined and as one of my weaknesses is exams and exam techniques - I think that doing well in this particular section of Business should pull my mark up if I don't do as well.
As I have finished my Business coursework, I am going to set myself a new short term goal which is to improve my exam technique and to revise effectively for my Business exam in May. Knowing my learning style should help me to complete this aim, I will also try to do as many practice questions as possible before the exam so that I am familiar with the types of questions and the layout of the paper.
Wednesday 6 February 2013
06/02/13 - Learning Styles
Today we looked at the different learning styles and created a document showing each learning style in detail. For example, here is some information about social style learners:
People with a strong social style tend to communicate well with people and are typically understanding and listen to other people’s views. They also prefer learning in groups and enjoy talking to others.
Some phrases that are commonly used by social learners are:
"Let's work together on this"
"We can work it out"
"Tell me what you are thinking"
"Help me understand this"
"Let's pull some people together to discuss"
"Let's explore our options"
Learning techniques-
Social learners aim to work with other as much as possible and using techniques such as role-playing is a good way of learning whilst in a group. Another useful technique is creating mind maps in groups as different people may have different views that they can input.
Working in groups is also beneficial because errors made by others can then be avoided in the future.
After looking at each learning style- I took and online quiz to find out which learning style I am and therefore which learning techniques would benefit me when learning.
The scores I received for each type of learning are shown in the graph on the right and below:
My highest score was social and I think that this is accurate because I always prefer being around people and communicating with people. I also prefer to discuss ideas with others and I am more confident when working with a team. As I am a social learner I will benefit from techniques such as group role playing and making group mind maps to help me learn.
I think that finding out my learning style will help me in the future. One of my weaknesses was knowing which information is relevant to which question in exams and I think that I could use techniques such as group mind maps so that I can discuss the work with others when revising- this will help me improve and will hopefully turn my weakness into a strength.
People with a strong social style tend to communicate well with people and are typically understanding and listen to other people’s views. They also prefer learning in groups and enjoy talking to others.
Some phrases that are commonly used by social learners are:
"Let's work together on this"
"We can work it out"
"Tell me what you are thinking"
"Help me understand this"
"Let's pull some people together to discuss"
"Let's explore our options"
Learning techniques-
Social learners aim to work with other as much as possible and using techniques such as role-playing is a good way of learning whilst in a group. Another useful technique is creating mind maps in groups as different people may have different views that they can input.
Working in groups is also beneficial because errors made by others can then be avoided in the future.
The scores I received for each type of learning are shown in the graph on the right and below:
| -Visual | 12 |
| -Social | 17 |
| -Physical | 9 |
| -Aural | 11 |
| -Verbal | 10 |
| -Solitary | 6 |
| -Logical | 11 |
My highest score was social and I think that this is accurate because I always prefer being around people and communicating with people. I also prefer to discuss ideas with others and I am more confident when working with a team. As I am a social learner I will benefit from techniques such as group role playing and making group mind maps to help me learn.
I think that finding out my learning style will help me in the future. One of my weaknesses was knowing which information is relevant to which question in exams and I think that I could use techniques such as group mind maps so that I can discuss the work with others when revising- this will help me improve and will hopefully turn my weakness into a strength.
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