Practical Skills Assessed In Written Examinations Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 practical skills needed to complete PAG Tasks?
A
- Planning
- Implementing
- Analysing
- Evaluating
2
Q
What is included in planning?
A
- Designing experiments
- Identifying variables top be controlled
- Evaluating the experimental method
3
Q
What is included in implementing?
A
- Using a range of practical apparatus
- Carrying out a range using appropriate units for measurements
- Record data and observations in an appropriate format.
4
Q
What is included in analysis?
A
- Processing, analysing, and interpreting results
- Analysing data using appropriate mathematical skills
- Using Significant figures appropriately
- Plotting and interpreting graphs
5
Q
What is included in evaluation?
A
- Evaluating results to draw conclusions
- Identify anomalies
- Explain limitations in experimental procedures
- Identifying uncertainties and calculating percentage errors
- Suggesting improvements to procedures and apparatus
6
Q
What is there is the ‘Skills Checklist’ while planning?
A
- Selecting apparatus and equipment
- Selecting appropriate techniques
- Selecting appropriate quantities of chemicals and scale of working
- Solving chemical problems in a practical context
- Applying chemistry concepts top practical problems
7
Q
What is there is the ‘Skills Checklist’ while implementing?
A
- Understanding practical techniques and processes
- Identifying hazards and safe procedures
- Using appropriate units
- Recording qualitative observations accurately
- Recording a range of quantitative measurements
- Using the appropriate apparatus
8
Q
What is there is the ‘Skills Checklist’ while analysing?
A
- Interpreting qualitative observations
- Analysing quantitative experimental data
- For graphs;
+selecting and labelling axes with appropriate scales, quantities, and units
+Drawing tangents and measuring gradients and intercepts
9
Q
What is there is the ‘Skills Checklist’ while evaluating?
A
- Reaching conclusions from qualitative observations
- Identifying uncertainties and calculating percentage errors
- Identifying procedural limitations and measurement errors
Refining procedures and apparatus to suggest improvements.
