Assess the effectiveness of hard engineering strategies used to reduce the risk of river flooding. [6 marks]
AO1 (published assessment objective): Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas; select and synthesise evidence from different texts (English Language). For Literature: read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style, developing an informed personal response, and using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations. For Geography: demonstrate knowledge of locations, places, processes, environments and different scales. For History: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied.
AO2 (published assessment objective): Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views (English). For Geography: demonstrate geographical understanding of concepts and how they are used in relation to places, environments and processes, and the interrelationships between places, environments and processes. For History: explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.
Assessed against AO1, AO2 using Revision Robin's own level descriptors below. These are not the exam board's mark scheme. Every quotation in the feedback is checked against your answer before you see it, and a teacher's mark overrides ours.
| Level 3 · 5 to 6 | Detailed and accurate assessment of the effectiveness of hard engineering strategies. Demonstrates clear understanding of both advantages and disadvantages, using specific examples or case study details. Well-structured and uses precise geographical terminology. |
| Level 2 · 3 to 4 | Clear assessment of hard engineering strategies, though may focus more on description than assessment, or lack balance between advantages and disadvantages. Uses some examples. Uses some appropriate geographical terminology. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 2 | Basic description of one or two hard engineering strategies, with limited or no assessment of their effectiveness. Limited or inaccurate use of geographical terminology. |