I wonder if anyone with examining experience can give more detail as to how marks are awarded for "own arguments"in Unit 2? I must admit that my tendency is to think : yes, I can see MC, IC, 3 reasons as required by the question, examples, evidence, no obvious flaws ; full marks. I can't imagine that the examiners are that lenient! Marks on these papers seem to be hard to come by.
Can anyone share any wisdom, please?
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Awarding marks
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Posted 1 year ago #
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From my very limited examining experience...
Intermediate conclusions are very important in the marking and a key distinction is made between "an attempt at an intermediate conclusion" and a good use of intermediate conclusions. For example, it is easy to use an intermediate conclusion that simply restates the preceding reason but harder to use an intermediate conclusion that adds new information and thus moves the argument forward. This would be a major difference between middle band and top band arguments.
Another really important factor is whether or not the candidate has given the right conclusion. On the new specification specimen paper, there is a very nice example of this in the question about whether or not the amount of TV broadcast should be limited. Many candidates would get the conclusion wrong by arguing about whether or not TV should be banned altogether and others would fail to spot the distinction between restricting the amount and restricting the content. Such candidates would probably end up in the lower mark bands, even if their arguments are well structured.
Marking for the new spec will presumably be somewhat different than for the old spec, especially as there now appear to be four mark bands rather than three.
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