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We gained feedback from teachers to ensure it’s as clear, engaging and easy-to-use as possible.  \n• You’ll see many familiar and popular topics from our previous specification, which means you can continue to use many of your existing resources.  \n• Our assessments use multiple choice, short answer and extended writing/essays to assess knowledge, understanding, application and evaluation skills.  \nKnowledge of research methods gained through classroom experience of practical psychology will be assessed using scenario-based questions.  \nYou can find out about all [our Psychology qualifications at](our Psychology qualifications at aqa.org.uk/psychology)[ ](our Psychology qualifications at aqa.org.uk/psychology)[aqa.org.uk/psychology](our Psychology qualifications at aqa.org.uk/psychology)  \n1.2 Support and resources to help you teach  \nWe’ve worked with experienced teachers to provide you with a range of resources that will help you confidently plan, teach and prepare for exams.  \n1.2.1 Teaching resources  \n[Visit](Visit aqa.org.uk/8182 to see all)[ ](Visit aqa.org.uk/8182 to see all)[aqa.org.uk/8182](Visit aqa.org.uk/8182 to see all)[ to see all](Visit aqa.org.uk/8182 to see all) our teaching resources. 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