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AS Level Geography
Student/Teacher Handbook
A Guide to Unit 2 (GEOG2) - Geographical Skills- Question 2
GEOG2 will examine the use and application of Geographical Skills, which should be taught as an integral part of the compulsory Core and Optional topics.
Question 1 will be set on one of the two compulsory core sections of Unit 1 (Population Change and Rivers, Flooding and Management).
Question 2 will relate specifically to the candidates’ own fieldwork and investigative research skills.
This guide ONLY deals with AQA past paper questions for Question 2. Each question is sourced so that it can be cross-referenced to the relevant AQA mark schemes available on the AQA website. http://www.aqa.org.uk/admin/qp-ms_gce.php
UNIT 2: QUESTION 2
This section of the paper looks at and examines the individual fieldwork that you have undertaken during the course. For us, this is the Burbage river fieldwork carried out in Autumn, before the Lake District residential.
Question 2 will always start with something like the following:
For any Geography Fieldwork study that you have undertaken (either physical or human)……
______________________________________________
Aims, Objectives and Hypotheses
……briefly outline its aim and one hypothesis you sought to test (4)
(Specimen AQA- New GCE AS Level, Autumn 2008)
……outline the aim(s) of your enquiry and state one hypothesis, research question, issue or problem you investigated (4)
(Additional Specimen AQA- New GCE AS Level, Autumn 2008)
……state its aim and one hypothesis that was tested (3)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, June 2008)
……outline the aim of the study, state the study area and why it was a suitable location for your study (3)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, June 2007)
……briefly outline the aim of the study (2)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, January 2007)
……state its aim and the idea/ concept/ theory/model that underpins the aim (3)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, June 2006)
……briefly outline its aim (2)
Student/Teacher Handbook
A Guide to Unit 2 (GEOG2) - Geographical Skills- Question 2
GEOG2 will examine the use and application of Geographical Skills, which should be taught as an integral part of the compulsory Core and Optional topics.
Question 1 will be set on one of the two compulsory core sections of Unit 1 (Population Change and Rivers, Flooding and Management).
Question 2 will relate specifically to the candidates’ own fieldwork and investigative research skills.
This guide ONLY deals with AQA past paper questions for Question 2. Each question is sourced so that it can be cross-referenced to the relevant AQA mark schemes available on the AQA website. http://www.aqa.org.uk/admin/qp-ms_gce.php
UNIT 2: QUESTION 2
This section of the paper looks at and examines the individual fieldwork that you have undertaken during the course. For us, this is the Burbage river fieldwork carried out in Autumn, before the Lake District residential.
Question 2 will always start with something like the following:
For any Geography Fieldwork study that you have undertaken (either physical or human)……
______________________________________________
Aims, Objectives and Hypotheses
……briefly outline its aim and one hypothesis you sought to test (4)
(Specimen AQA- New GCE AS Level, Autumn 2008)
……outline the aim(s) of your enquiry and state one hypothesis, research question, issue or problem you investigated (4)
(Additional Specimen AQA- New GCE AS Level, Autumn 2008)
……state its aim and one hypothesis that was tested (3)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, June 2008)
……outline the aim of the study, state the study area and why it was a suitable location for your study (3)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, June 2007)
……briefly outline the aim of the study (2)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, January 2007)
……state its aim and the idea/ concept/ theory/model that underpins the aim (3)
(AS Level AQA GGA3, June 2006)
……briefly outline its aim (2)