1. Exam marking season 2017-2018 feedback
Focus today: Quick gains paper 2 and 3 at GCSE and the NEA at A-Level

2. AO4 (skills) - Annotate, complete and calculate
The importance of assessment objectives for Paper 1 and Paper 2 – examiners are being trained to mark with these and will annotate candidates’ answers with them
Students need to know the link between the command words and the assessment objectives. This prevents students wasting time on writing irrelevant material
AO1
AO1 and AO2
AO1 (knowledge) - Compare, complete, define, describe, give, identify, list, name, annotate, locate, outline, state
AO2 (understanding/explanation) - Discuss (using a case study), explain, justify, outline and suggest reasons
AO3 (application) - Assess, evaluate, to what extent and use evidence to support this statement
AO4 (skills) - Annotate, complete and calculate
AO2 and AO3
AO2 and AO3
AO1, AO2 and AO3
AO1, AO2 and AO3

3. Don’t lose the easy marks…The importance of referring to the figure
Paper 2
Don’t lose the easy marks…The importance of referring to the figure

4. Don’t lose the easy marks…The importance of referring to the figure

5. Don’t lose the easy marks…The importance of referring to the figure

6. The importance of case studies ‘named examples’
In the past you could still get full marks…not any more

7. The importance of good descriptions…

8. Explain questions for 6 marks – AO1 and AO2 focus

9. What mark would they have achieved?
Why only 1/9?
Vague examples – bus lanes, Boris’ Bikes
No clear explanations linking to the UK economy
Counter argument is not valid
Question isn’t answered

10. 9/9 answer with all 3 assessment objectives clearly addressed

11. The focus on the question is on explaining why managing traffic congestion and air pollution may be challenging. Common mistakes were:
Only doing traffic congestion or air pollution
Writing out a case study e.g. Curitiba and what they have done but not making the link to why it is challenging

13. Weaker students… how to get them some marks
Paper 3
Weaker students… how to get them some marks

14. Paper 3 is marked more holistically rather than strictly with assessment objectives as it is all about using the resource

15. Make sure students know key words e. g
Make sure students know key words e.g. socio-economic; many didn’t know what this meant and lost 6 marks
Focus on developing e.g. The sailing and windsurfing attracts tourists. This means businesses in the local area make money and expand. This means they can employ more people. This means these people can now spend more money in local shops and thus improve the local economy further

17. 9/9 + 3 SPAG

18. Quick gains for the NEA (20% of the A Level grade)
Have you used a range of literature and summarised what is already known?
Have you linked the literature to your hypotheses?
Have you clearly stated your context e.g. the location, the comparisons you are making, the theories?
Have you referenced your literature completely and correctly?
Do you have clear aims/hypotheses/research questions and do they all link together/relate?
Have you made explicit reference to the specification i.e. quoted it?
Have you then made some comment about how your work links to the specification?

19. What did the exam board give Level 4 to?

23. Not so good = 4/10

24. Is your methodology in enough detail that someone could repeat it?
Have you covered your sampling strategy?
Have you justified each data collection method and linked it to your hypotheses
Do you have a range of data that is high quality and relevant?

25. What level is this looking like? Why?
Level 2 – 6 marks

26. What is better about this person’s work already?