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STUDENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Physics
UNIT TITLE: Principles of Physics
LEVEL: 3
CREDITS: 6
How to use this document
This document contains your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this assessment, as well as
information about formatting your work (including word counts and references) and deadlines.
Do not attempt to fill in this document. Please use the related Student Assessment
Answer Sheet to answer your TAQs.
Further resources:
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access
these resources.
We advise that you check the Ascentis Subject Set Unit
Specifications – Principles of Physics for the ‘indicative
content’ of the unit, as this may help you to understand how
you could meet specific assessment criteria.
Student Handbook
Library: Log in to your Learner Account and click on ‘Library’ to view
various resources to help you with your learning.
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access
these resources, which also require a password:
Study Skills - How to make sure your work is ‘Ready for
Marking’
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, IMPORTANT NOTE:
The podcasts in this unit are essential reading / listening
in order to complete this unit, please use them fully
Read through all the instructions below before you begin
to write anything.
We have produced a podcast to help you understand the
questions which can be accessed below:
YouTube Podcast giving extra help with your
assessment.
(You can find the Podcast transcript in the Appendix at
the end of this document)
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, Course: Access to Higher Education Diploma
Subject: Physics
Unit title: Principles of Physics
Level: 3 (Graded)
STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
TAQs for this unit
Your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this unit are shown below.
NOTE:
Read the grade descriptors in the next section of this document to
help you achieve a Merit or Distinction.
Please remember to check the Ascentis Subject Set specifications for
the indicative content of the unit as this will help you make sure that
you have not missed anything out in your answers to your
assessments.
INTRODUCTION The aim of this assessment is to show that you have fully understood
/ OBJECTIVES the major principles of physics
NOTE:
Read through all the instructions below before you begin to write
anything, including the information on your Student Assessment
Answer Sheet.
NOTE:
It is really important to show all the steps in your calculations The
grade descriptors in the next section of this document are there to
help you understand how to achieve a Merit or Distinction.
iGCSE- Units and Standard Form
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access
some of these resources, which also require a password:
Study Skills - How to Use IT
Study Skills - How to Understand Grading
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STUDENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Physics
UNIT TITLE: Principles of Physics
LEVEL: 3
CREDITS: 6
How to use this document
This document contains your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this assessment, as well as
information about formatting your work (including word counts and references) and deadlines.
Do not attempt to fill in this document. Please use the related Student Assessment
Answer Sheet to answer your TAQs.
Further resources:
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access
these resources.
We advise that you check the Ascentis Subject Set Unit
Specifications – Principles of Physics for the ‘indicative
content’ of the unit, as this may help you to understand how
you could meet specific assessment criteria.
Student Handbook
Library: Log in to your Learner Account and click on ‘Library’ to view
various resources to help you with your learning.
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access
these resources, which also require a password:
Study Skills - How to make sure your work is ‘Ready for
Marking’
© DistanceLearningCentre.com, 2022 1
, IMPORTANT NOTE:
The podcasts in this unit are essential reading / listening
in order to complete this unit, please use them fully
Read through all the instructions below before you begin
to write anything.
We have produced a podcast to help you understand the
questions which can be accessed below:
YouTube Podcast giving extra help with your
assessment.
(You can find the Podcast transcript in the Appendix at
the end of this document)
© DistanceLearningCentre.com, 2022 2
, Course: Access to Higher Education Diploma
Subject: Physics
Unit title: Principles of Physics
Level: 3 (Graded)
STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
TAQs for this unit
Your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this unit are shown below.
NOTE:
Read the grade descriptors in the next section of this document to
help you achieve a Merit or Distinction.
Please remember to check the Ascentis Subject Set specifications for
the indicative content of the unit as this will help you make sure that
you have not missed anything out in your answers to your
assessments.
INTRODUCTION The aim of this assessment is to show that you have fully understood
/ OBJECTIVES the major principles of physics
NOTE:
Read through all the instructions below before you begin to write
anything, including the information on your Student Assessment
Answer Sheet.
NOTE:
It is really important to show all the steps in your calculations The
grade descriptors in the next section of this document are there to
help you understand how to achieve a Merit or Distinction.
iGCSE- Units and Standard Form
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access
some of these resources, which also require a password:
Study Skills - How to Use IT
Study Skills - How to Understand Grading
© DistanceLearningCentre.com, 2022 3
