Monday 6 May 2013

Writing Frames in Business Studies

How to get the best out of students in a Business exam situation? As a teacher of Business Studies, that was a question I struggled to answer, particularly when it came to the 8 and 10 mark questions at the end of a GCSE exam. Students would seem to freeze when they were presented with a blank page which they were expected to fill. Then I was introduced to writing frames.

Writing frames are a way of providing structure when answering an exam question. Using information from various sources, I put together a series of writing frames for different kinds of exam question - discuss, explain, justify etc. This then evolved into this 12-page exam style booklet that I give to Year 11 students at the end of each topic:
For those of you who are teaching the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies course, the key booklet above relates to Topic 3.1 of the textbook. Take a look at the booklet and let me know what you think.



3 comments:

  1. I like the booklet John - what a great idea to do it at the end of every unit. Do you use a standard format?

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  2. This is absolutely amazing, you're brilliant at modelling good answers for learners. Have you made them for other units as well?
    George Buchanan
    Business Studies Dept. Cheney School
    gbu@cheney.oxon.sch.uk

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  3. This is absolutely amazing, you're brilliant at modelling good answers for learners. Have you made them for other units as well?
    George Buchanan
    Business Studies Dept. Cheney School
    gbu@cheney.oxon.sch.uk

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