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General Certificate of Secondary Education
Geography 3033
Specification C
3033/1F Foundation Tier
Mark Scheme
2005 examination - June series
Mark schemes are prepared by the Principal Examiner and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation meeting attended by all examiners and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation meeting ensures that the mark scheme covers the candidates’ responses to questions and that every examiner understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for the standardisation meeting each examiner analyses a number of candidates’ scripts: alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed at the meeting and legislated for. If, after this meeting, examiners encounter unusual answers which have not been discussed at the meeting they are required to refer these to the
Principal Examiner.
It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and expanded on the basis of candidates’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination paper.
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3033/1F – AQA GCSE Mark Scheme, 2005 June series
GENERAL GUIDANCE FOR GCSE GEOGRAPHY ASSISTANT EXAMINERS
Quality of Written Communication
Where candidates are required to produce extended written material in English, they will be assessed on the quality of written communication.
Candidates will be required to:
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present relevant information in a form and style that suits its purpose; ensure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar are