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STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Physics
UNIT TITLE: Introduction to Physics
LEVEL: 3 (Ungraded)
CREDITS: 3
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.
Although this is an ungraded assessment, we have also included indicative grade descriptors so
that you can begin to familiarise yourself with them.
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 – Introduction to 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: Introduction to Physics
Level: 3 (Ungraded)
STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
TAQs for this unit
Your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this unit are shown below.
Important points:
When completing calculations you are advised to show all your
working out, as this allows your tutor to see any errors in your work. It
is also important that you lay out your work clearly (see learning
materials for examples) so that anyone can easily follow your thought
process.
If you need to draw a diagram and you find this difficult on the
computer, please complete a clear drawing by hand (remember to use
a ruler for straight lines) and then scan this into your Word document.
Or you could take a photograph with your phone and insert the picture
into your Word document instead.
AIMS AND This introductory unit has been developed to help you understand the
OBJECTIVES key concepts in physics by looking at:
• simple mechanics;
• the behaviour of waves;
• atomic structure and the structure of matter;
• electrical concepts.
NOTE:
Read through all the instructions below before you begin to
write anything, including the information on your Student
Assessment Answer Sheet.
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access these
resources, which also require a password:
Study Skills - How to write an essay
Learning materials: Introduction to Physics
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STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Physics
UNIT TITLE: Introduction to Physics
LEVEL: 3 (Ungraded)
CREDITS: 3
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.
Although this is an ungraded assessment, we have also included indicative grade descriptors so
that you can begin to familiarise yourself with them.
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 – Introduction to 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: Introduction to Physics
Level: 3 (Ungraded)
STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAQ SHEET
TAQs for this unit
Your Tutor Assessed Questions (TAQs) for this unit are shown below.
Important points:
When completing calculations you are advised to show all your
working out, as this allows your tutor to see any errors in your work. It
is also important that you lay out your work clearly (see learning
materials for examples) so that anyone can easily follow your thought
process.
If you need to draw a diagram and you find this difficult on the
computer, please complete a clear drawing by hand (remember to use
a ruler for straight lines) and then scan this into your Word document.
Or you could take a photograph with your phone and insert the picture
into your Word document instead.
AIMS AND This introductory unit has been developed to help you understand the
OBJECTIVES key concepts in physics by looking at:
• simple mechanics;
• the behaviour of waves;
• atomic structure and the structure of matter;
• electrical concepts.
NOTE:
Read through all the instructions below before you begin to
write anything, including the information on your Student
Assessment Answer Sheet.
You will need to be logged in to your Learner Account to access these
resources, which also require a password:
Study Skills - How to write an essay
Learning materials: Introduction to Physics
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