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This is something that has been made apparent to me from my students, my own experiences of taking A level physics exams and from talking with the awesome Ana from Hi-Juice. First, I will define what I mean by a difficult question and a cryptic question. A difficult question requires a good understanding of a difficult concept to complete. In terms of science, this would probably require complicated maths or a concept that requires knowledge of other concepts to understand. A

Last summer, I decided to take A level physics and revised it myself for the exams. I used a variety of resources and I will cover them in a future post. However, there were other things I learnt besides physics itself. First of all, I found that I was not above making exactly the same mistakes I had been telling people not to make for years. At first, I forgot to convert units, use equations properly or express numbers in the form that the question suggested. It is easy to c

I know it's easy to say when I'm not doing them, but it's always good to take care of yourself during exams. This year, I did A level physics which was three exams over the course of two weeks and I found that tiring. Most A level candidates are doing triple that and GCSE candidates get about 20 exams in 5 weeks! The most important thing is to get enough sleep. You might feel like you need to revise more, and maybe you do, but if you don't get enough sleep, your revision will

A level papers now have multiple choice sections and GCSE science papers either have multiple choice papers (such as Cambridge International) or a certain proportion of multiple choice questions. It is usually thought that multiple choice questions are easy. In fact, they can be very difficult. Why? Because the incorrect answers are based on common misconceptions and traps that people fall into if they are not careful. Take this question for instance... The answer is C. The e