I produced this booklet for my L6th tutor group to help them when writing UCAS personal statements. My tutees are primarily interested in applying for Economics, or Economics related undergraduate courses, however, there are other sample personal statements in here too such as Maths, Engineering, Drama and Experimental Psychology.
Students reflect on their confidence/ability to draw the Macro diagrams needed for the new AQA A-Level Economics specification.
I would get my students in groups to come up with as many diagrams as possible themselves, and then issue them this afterwards as an aid memoire.
A bundle of 32 memory challenges covering the AQA Economics specification. Most of them involve 10 key terms being on the board for 30 secs and then students have to remember as many key terms as they can and define them.
A few involve diagram sketching or understanding images relating to behavioural economics, so students get 1 minute and then students have to remember as many key terms/ draw the diagrams as they can.
Suggested reading list for UCAS personal statements for students wishing to read Economics at university, or to stretch and challenge your A-Level students.
A 25 mark exemplar essay for the AQA Economics syllabus for Year 2, Macroeconomics. Students would not be expected to write this much of course, but I tried to cover a range of ideas, so that they can steal the bits they can relate to the most based on their own understanding, and so they can see lots of different points of analysis in terms of breadth of ideas.
This is a selection of potential 9 mark questions "with the help of a diagram, explain..." on the topic of international trade and exchange rates
This is a selection of potential 9 mark questions "with the help of a diagram, explain..." on the topic of economic policies. This has been divided into demand side policies of fiscal and monetary, as well as supply side policies.
One of the AfL sheets our department use. It can be completed by students and/or staff. Focuses on what went well, what could be developed further, and then deciding upon agreed targets based on this.
Students and staff also circle perceived effort and presentation by circling boxes at the top.
A Nando's menu style, differentiated worksheet of 4, 6 and 10 mark questions based primarily on extract 2 material for the Global Economy paper. This worksheet focuses on the supply side policy angle of extract 2