Examine how different strategies are used to reduce the development gap at varying scales. [12]
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 4 · 10 to 12 | Comprehensive and detailed examination of how different strategies are used to reduce the development gap at varying scales. Demonstrates highly skilled application of detailed knowledge and understanding, supported by a range of relevant, accurate, and detailed place-specific information. Shows clear understanding of scale and the effectiveness of strategies in different contexts. |
| Level 3 · 7 to 9 | Detailed examination of how different strategies are used to reduce the development gap at varying scales. Demonstrates good application of knowledge and understanding, supported by relevant and accurate place-specific information. A clear argument is presented regarding the application of strategies. |
| Level 2 · 4 to 6 | Clear explanation of some strategies used to reduce the development gap, with some attempt to link to scale. Demonstrates some application of knowledge and understanding, supported by some relevant place-specific detail. The examination may lack depth or breadth across different scales. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 3 | Basic description of one or more strategies to reduce the development gap. Limited or no link to varying scales. Demonstrates limited knowledge and understanding, with generic or no place-specific information. |