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Using a mnemonic to remember top Geography GCSE tips in the exam hall
1st May 2016
Trying to remember all the advice and techniques in the tension-arena of the exam hall with the clock ticking down is one of the hardest areas for students to master. But by using a mnemonic that captures all the key criteria that feature in mark schemes, your students can remind themselves about all that pertinent advice you’ve been giving them.
Andy Day
Andy recently finished being a classroom geographer after 35 years at two schools in East Yorkshire as head of geography, head of the humanities faculty and director of the humanities specialism. He has written extensively about teaching and geography - with articles in the TES, Geography GCSE Wideworld and Teaching Geography.
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