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Must we learn about all the GM Government checks etc at the end of the Biochemistry booklet? Do we also need to know the experiments in the booklet for the exam?
Ulex replies ...
I don’t quite understand what the first question refers to. Look at the Edexcel Chemistry (Nuffield) specification. The specification sets out what the scope of the exam will be and examiners have to work within the specification. The experiments form an integral part of the course. Reference to recent papers should make it clear that questions based on experiments are asked, but candidates are not expected to memorise details of volumes, concentrations etc as was expected in papers dating from before the present specification came in in 2000. Questions on the reasons behind procedures and the interpretation of results are asked. The question in the June 2005 paper provides a reasonable model.
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