AQA GCSE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 8552W Unit 1 Written Paper.

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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.


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Level of response marking instructions
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Levelvofvresponsevmarkvschemesvarevbrokenvdownvintovlevels,veachvofvwhichvhasvavdescriptor.vThevdescri
ptorvforvthevlevelvshowsvthevaveragevperformancevforvthevlevel.vTherevarevmarksvinveachvlevel.

Beforevyouvapplyvthevmarkvschemevtovavstudent’svanswervreadvthroughvthevanswervandvannotatevitv(asvin
structed)vtovshowvthevqualitiesvthatvarevbeingv lookedvfor.vYouvcanvthenvapplyvthevmarkvscheme.

Step 1 Determine a level
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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
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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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