To what extent can economic development and forest conservation be balanced in tropical rainforest environments? [8 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 8 | Demonstrates thorough and accurate geographical knowledge and understanding of both economic development and forest conservation in tropical rainforest environments (AO1). Applies knowledge and understanding to consistently analyse the extent of the balance with clear, logical chains of reasoning, leading to a well-supported judgement (AO2). Develops a comprehensive and coherent argument, drawing well-judged conclusions supported by detailed and accurate geographical information and relevant place-specific detail from a named case study (AO3). |
| Level 2 · 4 to 6 | Demonstrates sound geographical knowledge and understanding of either economic development or forest conservation, or both with some limitations (AO1). Applies knowledge and understanding to analyse some aspects of the balance with some logical chains of reasoning, but may lack a clear judgement (AO2). Develops an argument which may contain some detail, supported by appropriate geographical information and/or case study reference, though may lack depth or coherence in places (AO3). |
| Level 1 · 1 to 3 | Demonstrates limited geographical knowledge and understanding of economic development or forest conservation (AO1). Applies limited knowledge and understanding with simple statements or descriptions, showing underdeveloped reasoning (AO2). Presents a basic response with limited geographical information, often lacking structure or clear relevance to the question, with little or no case study detail (AO3). |