Examine the effectiveness of contrasting coastal management strategies used in the UK. [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 detailed knowledge and understanding of geographical information and issues. Applies knowledge and understanding to provide a comprehensive and convincing examination of the effectiveness of contrasting strategies. Connections and relationships between ideas are sustained and fully developed, with a clear focus on the question. Detailed, accurate, and relevant place-specific information (e.g., named locations, specific strategies, associated costs/benefits) is used effectively to support and exemplify points. The answer is well-structured and coherent, with clear logical reasoning throughout. |
| Level 2 · 4 to 6 | Demonstrates clear knowledge and understanding of geographical information and issues. Applies knowledge and understanding to provide a clear examination of the effectiveness of contrasting strategies. Connections and relationships between ideas are made and developed, with a generally clear focus on the question. Accurate and relevant place-specific information is used to support points. The answer is structured and generally coherent, with logical reasoning. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 3 | Demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of geographical information and issues. Applies limited knowledge and understanding to provide a basic description or simple statements about coastal management. Limited or no connections and relationships between ideas are made, with a vague or loose focus on the question. Some place-specific information may be used, but it may be inaccurate or irrelevant, or there is little/no place-specific detail. The answer is unstructured and lacks coherence, with limited or no logical reasoning. |