The feedback document provided guidance on improving performance on a recent assessment. It outlined the key criteria and level of detail required to achieve different marks for each question. For most questions, an Achieved level included brief or vague answers, a Merit required specific and linked answers, and an Excellence demonstrated thorough explanations and linking of concepts. The document also notified students about opportunities for resubmission or re-sitting the assessment.

2. General feedback
0 Most problems came about due to ;
0 Lack of specific information
0 Not answering the question
0 Not preparing for the assessment.

3. Questions 1,2,3
0 Only to Achieved so mostly fine

4. Question 4
0 You had to correctly complete 3 data presentation
types with all appropriate conventions for Ex
0 Graph
0 Diagram
0 Maps
0 Cross Section
0 Transect
0 You had to gain an E for the appropriate presentation
for your topic to gain E eg Transect for Vege
0 Four ticks plus a c for each one = Ex

5. Question 5 A
0 You had to refer to each presentation type and say
what it told you
0 Ie you had to tell us what the graph, diagram or map
told us what did it mean ?
0 You had to use statistics
0 You had to include what the concept pattern meant
and how it was relevant
0 Ep = A, Ed = M, Ec =E

6. Question 5B
0 You had to explain the differences in the data.
0 What were the reasons for the results shown in the
presentation
0 What processes and factors led to the pattern you
described in Qn 5A ?
0 You had to link the factors and processes to the topic
you were researching ie what led to the river velocity
being fast there and slow there.
0 You had to include more than one reason
0 Ep = A, Ed=M, Ec = E

7. Question 6
0 You had to make a general staement eg the vegetation
was taller and more dense at the upper site and lower
at the lower site
0 And then link it to the processes generally
0 A = brief or vague
0 M = specific and linked

8. Question 7
0 You had to say
0 what was the strength or weakness
0 How it impacted on your results
0 How this impacted on your findings or validity of
research
0 4 x single ticks = A
0 4 x double ticks = M
0 4 x triple ticks = E

9. Question 8
0 Only marked if you got 4 x triple ticks for the last
question
0 Multiple improvements stated and linked to how it
would improve the findings or conclusions

10. Resubmission
0 If you have a resubmission available then you will
have ‘redo’ and then a task number written at the top
of the page
0 Take this period to look over your paper
0 What do you need to do to improve your marks ?
0 The Resubmission opportunity will be at lunchtime
next Thursday (11th April) in R86.
0 Prepare your answer and write it up at that time.

11. Re-sit
0 If you have Not Achieved or did not sit the
assessment and you wish to re-sit the standard, there
will be a meeting in R86 in the last week of term to go
over the assessment that you must complete.
0 You need to come to this meeting to get the task sheet
so you can begin the research.
0 More info next week.