Has any one tried to do the elecrical and chemical signals IAA series 3. I have just completed it with 2 groups but am having difficulty marking it. I have read all the guidance and done the online training but the questions like "Describe the pattern in your graph" need scientific explanation...

Is anyone else dissatisfied with the way the new IAAs are run? We have had very little guidance from Edexcel. Yes, I know there has been some training but it is not effective as we still don't know what each answer is worth. The design of the IAAs is poor! You have to do very little on some to gain...

I remember from the update meetings for the introduction of the current 6 C1 IAA's and 6 C2 IAA's that there would be another 6 of each released this year. Does anyone know the progress of these? Are they due any time soon? I understand that they will be in the current format, but will they come...

After just entering our IAA and practical results into the edexcel online website we found that the system was logging us out after around 1 minute. This proved to be very frustrating as we could only enter around 5 marks at a time before the system lost connection. The online entries for year 11 took...

Having attempted to mark two sets of IAA's for chemistry, I have become frustrated with the whole thing. I am truly grateful that we are not submitting them for moderation this year. I understand that we are looking for skills and so a mark scheme cannot be produced when we mark the IAA's, something...

Does anybody know when the new IAA's will actually be released? At the recent meeting, we were simply told that it was the summer term, half of which had already passed. After pressing they still would not specify a week or date.

Has anyone entered marks for the IAA's by edexcel online or by EDI rather than Optems and how do you do it? I have 200 pupils and will be entering all year 10 and 11 IAA marks by May 5th.

This is what I understand with regards to the IAA's: You can use them, but they must be cashed in by something like the 5th May 2008 if they are the original or new IAAs. Which means to avoid having to pay for re-entries all of the topics must be completed before this date. For example: if they complete...

Hi Ben, Does this mean that I can't do the current IAA's with my Year 10, who will cash in the IAA's at the end of Year 11, June 2009? Yahya Rawat

Fascinating. I too didn't know there were new activities. I have signed up to get update emails from Edexcel yet I have never received any such thing. Has anyone received updates? There have been no newsletters either - or have I missed those too? Thank you all. Mary