The document provides tips for exams and coursework assignments. Some key tips include: - Check the exam time and location, read instructions carefully, and plan your time wisely between questions. - For coursework, develop an understanding of tasks through research, planning, time management, and deciding on a presentation format. Reference sources to avoid plagiarism. - Focus on improving core skills for your chosen activity and practising under pressure for both exams and coursework.

1. Examiner’s tips
EXAM TIP EXAM TIP
Check the time of your exam. It will either be in Know where your exam is within your centre.
the morning or afternoon, and your school or Being late will only make you flustered!
college is likely to start the exam first thing in the
morning or just after lunch.
EXAM TIP
Read the instructions on the front page and for
EXAM TIP each section very carefully.
Always check the last page of your question
booklet in case there are any questions on the
back.
EXAM TIP
Always write in sentences, and make sure you
know how many marks each part of the question
EXAM TIP is worth so you know how detailed/long to make
Read the questions carefully. If the question asks your answer.
for a finding, give a finding, not a conclusion.
EXAM TIP EXAM TIP
Keep an eye on the time in the exam and don’t Revise all of the specification. No matter how
spend too long on one section and so not leave good at writing you are, if you don’t know the
yourself enough time to complete the last core studies, you can’t possibly write
section. It is often easier to pick up marks when creditworthy answers.
you start a question than if you struggle on the
last part of a question.
EXAM TIP
EXAM TIP Read the questions thoroughly so that you
Practise writing exam questions within time understand what they are asking you and what
limits. Make up your own questions and time you have to do.
yourself when you write the answer.
EXAM TIP
EXAM TIP Remember that you usually have to make one
Relate your answer to the number of marks point in your answer for each mark that is
available for that question. available.
EXAM TIP EXAM TIP
Wherever possible, apply theory to a practical Make sure that in your anatomy and physiology,
activity and make sure that you name that and skill answers you use the appropriate
activity. technical terms.
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2. EXAM TIP EXAM TIP
Make sure that you plan the use of your time In the exam you will write your answers on the
properly. question paper. The number of lines available
gives you an indication of the length of answer
required.
EXAM TIP
When drawing diagrams or graphs in your written
examination make sure that you draw the images EXAM TIP
sufficiently large to show the necessary detail Make sure that you revise all aspects of each
clearly and that you label all the parts fully and area. Do not think that just because a topic was
clearly. Some diagrams may benefit from a key in a previous exam it will not be in yours.
which should be easy to follow.
EXAM TIP
EXAM TIP If you are asked to sketch a graph then this can
Draw your diagrams and graphs with a pencil be done in your answer booklet with an
and do not use any colours other than blue or approximate calibration of axes. However if you
black ink to label them. are required to plot a graph then a more
accurate interpretation of data is needed using
graph paper and fully calibrated axes.
EXAM TIP
You should always give more points than needed
in order to increase the chances of obtaining
maximum marks. EXAM TIP
Where there are two clear aspects to a question
you must clearly state which one you are
referring to and not expect the examiner to sort
EXAM TIP your answer out. Failure to do this can result in
When specific examples are asked for you must many marks lost.
give examples or you will lose marks.
COURSEWORK TIP COURSEWORK TIP
The movement into advanced level GCE courses Never keep a single copy of any work. Back up
will require you to develop an understanding of your e-portfolio with a second copy on a data pen
your coursework tasks based on the building or CD/ DVD and on an independent hard drive.
blocks of:
research – reading more than one source of
evidence
planning – writing a series of headings with COURSEWORK TIP
sub-points on which you expect to write Hard copies may be needed by your centre for
time management – detail a time framework assessment as these are sometimes easier to
for the completion of each stage of the task read and correct. You may find this an easier
presentation – decide as early as possible medium to work with, initially.
how you are going to present the information,
knowledge and understanding that you have
obtained from your research for assessment.
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3. COURSEWORK TIP COURSEWORK TIP
When presenting your coursework for final Never assume coursework can be written at the
submission you are required to reference and last minute. View your selected tasks as ongoing
authenticate the work as your own. If you copy working documents building to a final submission
and devote sufficient time to your research and
other students’ work, include direct Internet
preparation.
downloads or ‘lift’ sentences from secondary
sources without reference, you are guilty of
plagiarism. This will result in your coursework
submission receiving reduced or zero marks COURSEWORK TIP
‘First level elite selection’ means those
performers at school or club level who have been
chosen to perform above others competing at the
COURSEWORK TIP same level. When covering this section ensure
Look at each of the applicable key words and you clearly explain how the school and club
concepts for each performance role and consider structure form the base for further elite selection
how you can improve in these areas over the and development, as appropriate to your chosen
length of the course – by improvement you will sport or physical activity.
gain higher marks.
Focus on developing high technical accuracy in
your core skills and practise these under COURSEWORK TIP
pressure as realistic to the ‘real thing’ as is Remember that the local task requires you to
possible. include details on all three performance roles –
performer, leader and official; although you may
specialise in one area in particular while not
ignoring the provisions for the other two roles.
COURSEWORK TIP
Always include a cumulative word count at the
bottom of each page to avoid exceeding the word
count limit. COURSEWORK TIP
Remember that the national task requires you to
now specialise in only one of the two
performance roles – performer, leader and
COURSEWORK TIP official – that you selected for Task 2.1. You will
Keep your notation sheets simple and focus on be expected in most cases to select the
two or three areas only, otherwise you will never dominant sport or physical activity as the base of
effectively record in ‘real time’. the national study.
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