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3-Day Crammer Courses
Checkmate Training
offers you an intensive three-day crammer course specifically designed
to support Part I candidates in their revision for their 2012 Sergeants'
or Inspectors' examination.
Checkmate Training's
three day crammer course has been successfully delivered to Part I Sergeants'
and Inspectors' candidates all over the country for a number of years.
This continues to be the case for the 2012 examinations. By employing
an interactive modern methodology to course delivery and using empirical
data to target subjects that will increase your chances of passing the
examination, Checkmate Training continues to improve its already well-regarded
product.
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contain
100% original material (created by and copyright of your course
trainers). |
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use
valid and reliable statistical research and analysis to create
a timetable that takes you to the heart of your Part I examination. |
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improve
your knowledge and understanding of the law on your syllabus. |
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allow
you to assess your knowledge and understanding of the law by
applying it to multiple-choice questions. |
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offer
you logical alternatives to simply guessing "C". |
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boost
your confidence to deal with the exam. |
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The
content of the course relates to the appropriate syllabus for Sergeants'
or Inspectors' candidates and is based on relevant sections from the
four Blackstone's Police Manuals (Crime, Evidence and Procedure, Road
Policing and General Police Duties). However, this does not mean that
the course simply repeats that which is printed in your manuals. Instead,
the course demystifies your examination material and
cuts out unnecessary and overcomplicated legal jargon. This allows
you and your trainers to make the most economical use of the time
you have together and to concentrate on your knowledge and application
of the law. Crucially, our course content is directed (via valid and
reliable statistical research) towards areas of the law that will
maximise your opportunities to answer a wide variety of questions
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The content of our
lessons is entirely original work and it is copyrighted to the trainers.
While the material is original, it is not 'new' as we have been providing
training to officers taking their Part I examinations for several years.
Although the content of our sessions has altered to reflect changes in
the law and to the syllabus, the material is tried and tested and provides
you with an excellent opportunity to understand the law in action and
to test your knowledge and application of the law. This testing
of knowledge and its application is crucial. Over the three days of the
course, you will answer approximately 150 OSPRE® style multiple-choice
questions (MCQ's) during lesson delivery. This process serves to reinforce
the knowledge you gain from our lectures. The simulation of the exact
type and style of question you will face in your examination is an excellent
method of assessing your knowledge and understanding and is first-rate
practice for your real examination.
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Our
lectures are supported by dynamic PowerPoint presentations designed
to aid the simple but modern learning approach we have developed with
years of experience in this field. We know that everyone learns in
different ways and to cater for this factor we have adopted a learning
approach that appeals to all learning styles. A key element to this
learning approach is 'interactivity'. We teach the law, pointing out
the areas of greatest importance and giving easy to understand examples
from case law. Then you will have the opportunity to test yourself
by applying your knowledge of the law to OSPRE® style MCQ's. |
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Personal
Response System (PRS)
Candidates are
often concerned that when they answer questions in lectures they
will answer incorrectly and consequently be embarrassed. This worry
can prevent their participation or lead to them taking hints from
the answers of others and does not help them to understand the law.
To assist candidates in the learning process, all of the multiple-choice
questions along with the true/false questions used in our lectures
can be answered using an electronic 'Personal Response System' (PRS)
which we will provide to you to use for the duration of your course.
These simple
hand-held electronic devices allow you to interact with the all
of the questions posed. Your answer is transmitted to our computer
and the results of the class are then displayed within our PowerPoint
presentation. This totally anonymous system means that at no stage
can you be identified as having not taken part or as having answering
a question correctly or incorrectly. You
will still be able to see for yourself how your
knowledge compares to that of other candidates, helping you decide
which areas of law you need to pay more attention to during your
revision period.
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This self-assessment
process allows you to have confidence in providing us with your
answer and allows us to gauge class understanding of the law. We
can then quickly clear up any ambiguities or misunderstanding without
identifying any particular individual and move on to the next topic.
Not only do
candidates find PRS a fun way to learn but there is a great deal
of research showing that these technology-supported assessment methods
lead to improvements in candidates conceptual reasoning and exam
performance.
This teaching
method works extremely well and has been successfully used to educate
candidates taking their Part I examinations. These candidates have
all provided extremely positive feedback in relation to our method
and have consistently outperformed their peers on every occasion
it has been used.
The content
of our course allied with our unique delivery method means that
we offer you an enjoyable tailor-made course that maximises your
chances of success.
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