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Mark scheme
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June 2020
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MarkvschemesvarevpreparedvbyvthevLeadvAssessmentvWritervandvconsidered,vtogethervwithvthevrelevantvq
uestions,vbyvavpanelvofvsubjectvteachers.vThisvmarkvschemevincludesvanyvamendmentsvmadevatvthevstand
ardisationveventsvwhichvallvassociatesvparticipatevinvandvisvthevschemevwhichvwasvusedvbyvthemvinvthisvex
amination.vThevstandardisationvprocessvensuresvthatvthevmarkvschemevcoversvthevstudents’vresponsesvto
vquestionsvandvthatv everyvassociatevunderstandsvandvappliesvitvinvthevsamevcorrectv way.
Asvpreparationvforvstandardisationveachvassociatevanalysesvavnumbervofvstudents’vscripts.vAlternativevans
wersvnotvalreadyvcoveredvbyvthevmarkvschemevarevdiscussedvandvlegislatedvfor.vIf,vaftervthevstandardisati
onvprocess,vassociatesvencountervunusualvanswersvwhichvhavevnotvbeenvraisedvtheyvarevrequiredvtovreferv
thesevtovthevLeadvExaminer.
Itvmustvbevstressedvthatvavmarkvschemevisvavworkingvdocument,vinvmanyvcasesvfurthervdevelopedvandvex
pandedvonvthevbasisvofvstudents’vreactionsvtovavparticularvpaper.vAssumptionsvaboutvfuturevmarkvscheme
svonvthevbasisvofvonevyear’svdocumentvshouldvbevavoided;vwhilstvthevguidingvprinciplesvofvassessmentvre
mainvconstant,vdetailsvwillvchange,vdependingvonvthevcontentvofvavparticularvexaminationvpaper.
Furthervcopiesvofvthisvmarkvschemevarevavailablevfromvaqa.org.uk
Copyrightvinformation
AQAv retainsv thev copyrightv onv allvitsv publications.v However,v registeredv schools/collegesv forv AQAv arev permittedv tov copyv materialv fromvthisv bookletv forv theirvownv i
nternalv use,v withvthevfollowingvimportantvexception:v AQAvcannotv givev permissionvtovschools/collegesvtovphotocopyvanyvmaterialvthatvisv acknowledgedvtovavthird
v partyvevenv forvinternalv usev withinv thevcentre.
Copyrightv©v 2020vAQAv andvitsvlicensors.v Allvrightsv reserved.
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Level of response marking instructions
v v v v
Levelvofvresponsevmarkvschemesvarevbrokenvdownvintovlevels,veachvofvwhichvhasvavdescriptor.vThevdescri
ptorvforvthevlevelvshowsvthevaveragevperformancevforvthevlevel.vTherevarevmarksvinveachvlevel.
Beforevyouvapplyvthevmarkvschemevtovavstudent’svanswervreadvthroughvthevanswervandvannotatevitv(asvin
structed)vtovshowvthevqualitiesvthatvarevbeingv lookedvfor.vYouvcanvthenvapplyvthevmarkvscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
v v v v
Startvatvthevlowestvlevelvofvthevmarkvschemevandvusevitvasvavladdervtovseevwhethervthevanswervmeetsvthevde
scriptorvforvthatvlevel.vThevdescriptorvforvthevlevelvindicatesvthevdifferentvqualitiesvthatvmightvbevseenvinvthevs
tudent’svanswervforvthatvlevel.vIfvitvmeetsvthevlowestvlevelvthenvgovtovthevnextvonevandvdecidevifvitvmeetsvthisv
level,vandvsovon,vuntilvyouvhavevavmatchvbetweenvthevlevelvdescriptorvandvthevanswer.vWithvpracticevandvfa
miliarityvyouvwillvfindvthatvforvbettervanswersvyouvwillvbevablevtovquicklyvskipvthroughvthevlowervlevelsvofvthev
markvscheme.
Whenvassigningvavlevelvyouvshouldvlookvatvthevoverallvqualityvofvthevanswervandvnotvlookvtovpickvholesvinvsm
allvandvspecificvpartsvofvthevanswervwherevthevstudentvhasvnotvperformedvquitevasvwellvasvthevrest.vIfvthevans
wervcoversvdifferentvaspectsvofvdifferentvlevelsvofvthevmarkvschemevyouvshouldvusevavbestvfitvapproachvforvd
efiningvthevlevelvandvthenvusevthevvariabilityvofvthevresponsevtovhelpvdecidevthevmarkvwithinvthevlevel,vievifvthev
responsevisvpredominantlyvlevelv3vwithvavsmallvamountvofvlevelv4vmaterialvitvwouldvbevplacedvinvlevelv3vbutvb
evawardedvavmarkvnearvthevtopvofvthevlevelvbecausevofvthevlevelv4vcontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
v v v v
Oncevyouvhavevassignedvavlevelvyouvneedvtovdecidevonvthevmark.vThevdescriptorsvonvhowvtovallocatevmark
svcanvhelpvwithvthis.vThevexemplarvmaterialsvusedvduringvstandardisationvwillvhelp.vTherevwillvbevanvanswer
vinvthevstandardisingvmaterialsv whichv willv correspondv withv eachv levelv ofvthevmarkvscheme.vThisvanswerv willv
havevbeenvawardedvavmarkvbyvthevLeadvExaminer.vYouvcanvcomparevthevstudent’svanswervwithvthevexamp
levtovdeterminevifvitvisvthevsamevstandard,vbettervorvworsevthanvthevexample.vYouvcanvthenvusevthisvtovallocat
evavmarkvforvthevanswervbasedvonvthevLeadvExaminer’svmarkvonvthevexample.
Youvmayvwellvneedvtovreadvbackvthroughvthevanswervasvyouvapplyvthevmarkvschemevtovclarifyvpointsvandva
ssurevyourselfvthatvthevlevelvandvthevmarkvarevappropriate.
Indicativevcontentvinvthevmarkvschemevisvprovidedvasvavguidevforvexaminers.vItvisvnotvintendedvtovbeve
xhaustivevandvyouvmustvcreditvothervvalidvpoints.vStudentsvdovnotvhavevtovcovervallvofvthevpointsvment
ionedvinvthevIndicativevcontentvtovreachvthevhighestvlevelvofvthevmarkvscheme.
Anvanswervwhichvcontainsvnothingvofvrelevancevtovthevquestionvmustvbevawardedvnovmarks.
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Glossaryvforvmaths
Ifvavstudentvusesvavmethodvwhichvisvnotvexplicitlyvcoveredvbyvthevmarkvschemevthevsamevprinciplesvofvmar
kingvshouldvbevapplied.vCreditvshouldvbevgivenvtovanyvvalidvmethods.vExaminersvshouldvseekvadvicevfromvt
heirvseniorvexaminervifvinvanyvdoubt.
[a,vb] Acceptvvaluesvbetweenvavandvbvinclusive.
Forv𝝅 Acceptvvaluesvinvthevrangev[3.14,v3.142]
Their
Acceptvanvanswervfromvthevcandidatevifvitvhasvbeenvinaccuratelyvcalcu
latedvbutvisvsubsequentlyvusedvinvavfurthervstagevofvthevquestion.
Questionsvwhichvdovnotvaskvstudentsvtovshowvworking
Asvavgeneralvprinciple,vavcorrectvresponsevisvawardedvfullvmarks.
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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGYv v
8552/W
Unit 1 Written Paper
v v v
Mark scheme
v
June 2020
v
Version:v1.0vFinal
*206G 552/W/MS*
, MARKvSCHEMEv –vGCSEv DESIGNvANDvTECHNOLOGYv –v 8552/Wv –vJUNEv2020
MarkvschemesvarevpreparedvbyvthevLeadvAssessmentvWritervandvconsidered,vtogethervwithvthevrelevantvq
uestions,vbyvavpanelvofvsubjectvteachers.vThisvmarkvschemevincludesvanyvamendmentsvmadevatvthevstand
ardisationveventsvwhichvallvassociatesvparticipatevinvandvisvthevschemevwhichvwasvusedvbyvthemvinvthisvex
amination.vThevstandardisationvprocessvensuresvthatvthevmarkvschemevcoversvthevstudents’vresponsesvto
vquestionsvandvthatv everyvassociatevunderstandsvandvappliesvitvinvthevsamevcorrectv way.
Asvpreparationvforvstandardisationveachvassociatevanalysesvavnumbervofvstudents’vscripts.vAlternativevans
wersvnotvalreadyvcoveredvbyvthevmarkvschemevarevdiscussedvandvlegislatedvfor.vIf,vaftervthevstandardisati
onvprocess,vassociatesvencountervunusualvanswersvwhichvhavevnotvbeenvraisedvtheyvarevrequiredvtovreferv
thesevtovthevLeadvExaminer.
Itvmustvbevstressedvthatvavmarkvschemevisvavworkingvdocument,vinvmanyvcasesvfurthervdevelopedvandvex
pandedvonvthevbasisvofvstudents’vreactionsvtovavparticularvpaper.vAssumptionsvaboutvfuturevmarkvscheme
svonvthevbasisvofvonevyear’svdocumentvshouldvbevavoided;vwhilstvthevguidingvprinciplesvofvassessmentvre
mainvconstant,vdetailsvwillvchange,vdependingvonvthevcontentvofvavparticularvexaminationvpaper.
Furthervcopiesvofvthisvmarkvschemevarevavailablevfromvaqa.org.uk
Copyrightvinformation
AQAv retainsv thev copyrightv onv allvitsv publications.v However,v registeredv schools/collegesv forv AQAv arev permittedv tov copyv materialv fromvthisv bookletv forv theirvownv i
nternalv use,v withvthevfollowingvimportantvexception:v AQAvcannotv givev permissionvtovschools/collegesvtovphotocopyvanyvmaterialvthatvisv acknowledgedvtovavthird
v partyvevenv forvinternalv usev withinv thevcentre.
Copyrightv©v 2020vAQAv andvitsvlicensors.v Allvrightsv reserved.
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, MARKvSCHEMEv –vGCSEv DESIGNvANDvTECHNOLOGYv –v 8552/Wv –vJUNEv2020
Level of response marking instructions
v v v v
Levelvofvresponsevmarkvschemesvarevbrokenvdownvintovlevels,veachvofvwhichvhasvavdescriptor.vThevdescri
ptorvforvthevlevelvshowsvthevaveragevperformancevforvthevlevel.vTherevarevmarksvinveachvlevel.
Beforevyouvapplyvthevmarkvschemevtovavstudent’svanswervreadvthroughvthevanswervandvannotatevitv(asvin
structed)vtovshowvthevqualitiesvthatvarevbeingv lookedvfor.vYouvcanvthenvapplyvthevmarkvscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
v v v v
Startvatvthevlowestvlevelvofvthevmarkvschemevandvusevitvasvavladdervtovseevwhethervthevanswervmeetsvthevde
scriptorvforvthatvlevel.vThevdescriptorvforvthevlevelvindicatesvthevdifferentvqualitiesvthatvmightvbevseenvinvthevs
tudent’svanswervforvthatvlevel.vIfvitvmeetsvthevlowestvlevelvthenvgovtovthevnextvonevandvdecidevifvitvmeetsvthisv
level,vandvsovon,vuntilvyouvhavevavmatchvbetweenvthevlevelvdescriptorvandvthevanswer.vWithvpracticevandvfa
miliarityvyouvwillvfindvthatvforvbettervanswersvyouvwillvbevablevtovquicklyvskipvthroughvthevlowervlevelsvofvthev
markvscheme.
Whenvassigningvavlevelvyouvshouldvlookvatvthevoverallvqualityvofvthevanswervandvnotvlookvtovpickvholesvinvsm
allvandvspecificvpartsvofvthevanswervwherevthevstudentvhasvnotvperformedvquitevasvwellvasvthevrest.vIfvthevans
wervcoversvdifferentvaspectsvofvdifferentvlevelsvofvthevmarkvschemevyouvshouldvusevavbestvfitvapproachvforvd
efiningvthevlevelvandvthenvusevthevvariabilityvofvthevresponsevtovhelpvdecidevthevmarkvwithinvthevlevel,vievifvthev
responsevisvpredominantlyvlevelv3vwithvavsmallvamountvofvlevelv4vmaterialvitvwouldvbevplacedvinvlevelv3vbutvb
evawardedvavmarkvnearvthevtopvofvthevlevelvbecausevofvthevlevelv4vcontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
v v v v
Oncevyouvhavevassignedvavlevelvyouvneedvtovdecidevonvthevmark.vThevdescriptorsvonvhowvtovallocatevmark
svcanvhelpvwithvthis.vThevexemplarvmaterialsvusedvduringvstandardisationvwillvhelp.vTherevwillvbevanvanswer
vinvthevstandardisingvmaterialsv whichv willv correspondv withv eachv levelv ofvthevmarkvscheme.vThisvanswerv willv
havevbeenvawardedvavmarkvbyvthevLeadvExaminer.vYouvcanvcomparevthevstudent’svanswervwithvthevexamp
levtovdeterminevifvitvisvthevsamevstandard,vbettervorvworsevthanvthevexample.vYouvcanvthenvusevthisvtovallocat
evavmarkvforvthevanswervbasedvonvthevLeadvExaminer’svmarkvonvthevexample.
Youvmayvwellvneedvtovreadvbackvthroughvthevanswervasvyouvapplyvthevmarkvschemevtovclarifyvpointsvandva
ssurevyourselfvthatvthevlevelvandvthevmarkvarevappropriate.
Indicativevcontentvinvthevmarkvschemevisvprovidedvasvavguidevforvexaminers.vItvisvnotvintendedvtovbeve
xhaustivevandvyouvmustvcreditvothervvalidvpoints.vStudentsvdovnotvhavevtovcovervallvofvthevpointsvment
ionedvinvthevIndicativevcontentvtovreachvthevhighestvlevelvofvthevmarkvscheme.
Anvanswervwhichvcontainsvnothingvofvrelevancevtovthevquestionvmustvbevawardedvnovmarks.
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Glossaryvforvmaths
Ifvavstudentvusesvavmethodvwhichvisvnotvexplicitlyvcoveredvbyvthevmarkvschemevthevsamevprinciplesvofvmar
kingvshouldvbevapplied.vCreditvshouldvbevgivenvtovanyvvalidvmethods.vExaminersvshouldvseekvadvicevfromvt
heirvseniorvexaminervifvinvanyvdoubt.
[a,vb] Acceptvvaluesvbetweenvavandvbvinclusive.
Forv𝝅 Acceptvvaluesvinvthevrangev[3.14,v3.142]
Their
Acceptvanvanswervfromvthevcandidatevifvitvhasvbeenvinaccuratelyvcalcu
latedvbutvisvsubsequentlyvusedvinvavfurthervstagevofvthevquestion.
Questionsvwhichvdovnotvaskvstudentsvtovshowvworking
Asvavgeneralvprinciple,vavcorrectvresponsevisvawardedvfullvmarks.
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