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1. David
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   For those who are wondering where the Jan 2009 Mark Schemes are, it seems that these will now be available only via something called "OCR Interchange." Your exams officer will have to set up an account for you and also tick the right boxes to give you the required permissions level.

   If the correct boxes have been ticked, you should be able to see all the question papers and the mark schemes for the Jan 2009 exam series. You should also be able to see your candidates results. In August, these should be available to teachers from 1am on the day before the results are available for candidates.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. pam
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   If anyone is reading this today (Sunday 19th April) and could possibly send by email a set of the official answers to multiple choice questions from the Jan 09 unit 2 paper, I would be eternally grateful.
   pamrutter56@googlemail.com

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. pam
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   Many thanks to David for the markschemes.

   New AS unit 2, multiple choice question 11. I find it impossible too agree with the board's answer, and am not convinced by their explanation as to why their answer is correct.

   Anyone else looked at this? Would you like to comment ?

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. Royvdbb
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   When I first read this question, I found it a very odd one. It's oddness comes in part from the looseness of the language - especially the significance of the words 'This is true'. What is true? That many people complain or that music festivals are muddy and expensive? I wasn't happy with any of the choices on offer but would have gone with (d) as the only answer that came near to how I saw the structure of this argument.

   I've now looked at the markscheme with the commentary on the responses and am puzzled. I find the choice of (c) an odd one as the question is worded. (c) can be seen not as an explanation but as reasoning for people liking mud. Even if it is accepted as containing an explanation, one could still say that the function of this component of the argument is that of R → IC. Given that responses are meant be either right or wrong, here we have a problem. (d) could be defended as easily as (I think more easily than) (c).

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. David
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   I agree with Roy - I think we have a question here in which two answers are technically correct but only one is being credited, which I find annoying.

   We had a similar situation in a previous topic relating to the difference between an example and evidence. See Summer 2008 Unit 4, Question 21(b).

   It is becoming clear that when candidates are being asked to identify an argument element, there can sometimes be more than one right answer and the mark scheme should surely take this into consideration!

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. pam
   Member

   Thank you very much for your responses. I too was troubled by the passage and therefore by the question as soon as I saw it, and had decided after a while that (d) was the only answer I would be prepared to try and defend when going over it in class.
   I was therefore very disappointed to see that (c) was the answer given in the markscheme.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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