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WHY CHOOSE THIS SYLLABUS? 

At Pearson, we offer separate science qualifications in Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry and Physics, as well as Double Award and Single Award Science qualifications – these have been designed to meet different students’ needs. The content and assessment approach in all our science qualifications has been designed to meet students’ needs in the following ways.

1. Content that is interesting and engaging for students but is also designed to ensure good preparation, both for those continuing to further study and for those wishing to work in a physics-related field.

2. There are opportunities to ‘localise’ the content to make it more relevant for students in their own country.

 

Clear and straightforward question papers

1. Our question papers are clear and accessible for students of all abilities. Our mark schemes are straightforward, so that the assessment requirements are clear.

 

Broad and deep development of students' skills

1. The design of the revised international GCSE aims to extend students' knowledge and understanding by broadening and deepening skills, for example students develop the ability to:

– focus on practical skills through a number of practicals listed in the specification content. These can be supplemented with other suggested practicals. The skills developed will be assessed through questions in written examinations
– improve students’ analytical and logic skills by applying understanding of scientific concepts and principles to a range of situations. This will include some examination questions that are more problem-solving in style
– address the need for mathematical skills to complement students’ physics skills by covering a range of mathematical areas.

 

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

The Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Physics comprises two externally-assessed papers:

• Physics Paper 1
  
  • Externally assessed
  • Written examination: 2 hours
  • Availability: January and June
  • First assessment: June 2019
  • 110 marks
• Physics Paper 2
  • Externally assessed
  • Written examination: 1 hour and 15 minutes
  • Availability: January and June
  • First assessment: June 2019
  • 70 marks

 

DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENT

 

Paper 1P

- Level 1/2

- Assessed through a 2-hour written examination, set and marked by Pearson.

- The paper is weighted at 61.1% of the qualification.

- A combination of different question styles, including multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, calculations and extended open-response questions.

- Assesses the content that is not in bold and does not have a ‘P’ reference. Questions may come from any topic area across the specification.

- 110 Marks

 

Paper 2P

- Level 1/2

- Assessed through a 1-hour and 15-minute written examination, set and marked by Pearson.

- The paper is weighted at 38.9% of the qualification.

- A combination of different question styles, including multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, calculations and extended open-response questions.

- Assesses all the content, including content that is in bold and has a ‘P’ reference. Questions may come from any topic area across the specification.

- Statements in bold cover some sub-topics in greater depth.

- 70 Marks

 

SUBJECT CONTENT

• Forces and motion
• Electricity
• Waves
• Energy resources and energy transfers
• Solids, liquids and gases
• Magnetism and electromagnetism
• Radioactivity and particles
• Astrophysics

 

SOURCE 

https://qualifications.pearson.com/