AQA GCSE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 8552W Unit 1 Written Paper

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Unit 1 Written Paper
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Mark scheme
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MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.n Alternativenan
swersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisa
tionnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonref
ernthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.

Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.


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Level of response marking instructions
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Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescr
iptornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.n Therenarenmarksninneachnlevel.

Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nnYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.

Step 1 Determine a level
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Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnthe
nstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIf nitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenif nitnmeetsnth

isnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticenand
nfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevelsnof nt

henmarknscheme.

Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.

Step 2 Determine a mark
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Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmark
sncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannanswer
ninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnof nthenmark nscheme.nThisnanswernwill

nhavenbeennawardednanmark nbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnthenexam

plentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYouncannthennusenthisntonalloc
atenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.

Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.

Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonbenexha
ustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnmentionedni
nnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.

Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.




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Glossarynfornmaths

Ifnanstudentnusesnanmethodnwhichnisnnotnexplicitlyncoverednbynthenmarknschementhensamenprinciplesnofnmar
kingnshouldnbenapplied.nCreditnshouldnbengivenntonanynvalidnmethods.nExaminersnshouldnseeknadvicenfromnt
heirnseniornexaminernifninnanyndoubt.

[a,nb] Acceptnvaluesnbetweennanandnbninclusive.

Fornπ Acceptnvaluesninnthenrangen[3.14,n3.142]

Their
Acceptnannanswernfromnthencandidatenifnitnhasnbeenninaccuratelyncalc
ulatednbutnisnsubsequentlynusedninnanfurthernstagenofnthenquestion.

Questionsnwhichndonnotnasknstudentsntonshownworking

Asnangeneralnprinciple,nancorrectnresponsenisnawardednfullnmarks.




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