Assess the extent to which the data collected during your coastal fieldwork enquiry was reliable and allowed you to reach valid conclusions. [9 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.
AO3 (published assessment objective): Compare writers' ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts (English Language). For Literature: show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written. For Geography: apply knowledge and understanding to interpret, analyse and evaluate geographical information and issues to make judgements. For History: analyse, evaluate and use sources (contemporary to the period) to make substantiated judgements.
Assessed against AO1, AO2, AO3 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 · 7 to 9 | Detailed and critical assessment of the reliability and validity of data collected in a coastal enquiry. Explicitly links specific data collection issues (e.g., human error, equipment limitations, sampling bias, environmental conditions) to the confidence in the derived conclusions. Provides clear and reasoned suggestions for improving reliability and validity. A coherent and well-structured argument is presented with accurate and specific geographical terminology. |
| Level 2 · 4 to 6 | Clear assessment of the reliability and validity of data collected in a coastal enquiry. Links some data collection issues to the confidence in conclusions. Offers some suggestions for improving reliability and validity. A logical argument is presented with generally accurate geographical terminology. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 3 | Limited assessment of the reliability and validity of data. Basic statements about data quality with limited or no links to conclusions. Limited or no suggestions for improvement. A simple, unstructured response with limited use of geographical terminology. |