单词 | a2 |
释义 | A2n. British. Education. The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Frequently attributive, esp. in A2 level.The A2 level was introduced under the Curriculum 2000 reforms, which split the A level into six units to be completed over two years, with the first three units constituting an independent qualification, the Advanced Subsidiary level (cf. advanced adj. Compounds), and completion of the remaining three units (the A2 level) being required for the award of a full A level. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > school examinations entrance examination1819 entrance exam1857 standard1862 skew1866 leaving examination1868 Oxford1871 entry exam1886 Abitur1918 higher1923 scholarship1950 A level1951 C.S.E.1963 international baccalaureate1966 A1979 Certificate of Secondary Education1981 AS1984 STEP1985 SAT1988 A21999 1999 Times Educ. Suppl. 19 Mar. 1/2 Candidates who continue their studies for a second year will study three more demanding modules, called A2 units, in each subject. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 19 Aug. 4 In 2001, the current A-level system will be replaced by a new AS-level that will be somewhere between the present GCSE and a higher qualification, and A2-level that will be similar to the present A-levels. 2002 Church Times 11 Oct. 19/1 As with AS Level, each A2 is divided into three units, and contributes the remaining 50 per cent of a full GCE A Level. 2003 A. Hodgson & K. Spours Beyond A Levels iv. 97 It is only in the second year of advanced level programmes when learners are typically taking three A2s that there are echoes of the old A level system. 2005 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 27/2 We were convinced that one candidate had had one of his A2 history papers mis-marked. 2008 Geography 93 163/2 Recent findings from the QCA show that geography at A2-level is at least as challenging as any other subject. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1999 |
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