Assessment objectives and synoptic skills exam tips

Exam tips

• Assessment objectives Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to aO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of political institutions, processes, concepts, theories and issues..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Assessment objectives Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to aO2 Analyse aspects of politics and political information, including in relation to parallels, connections, similarities and differences..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Assessment objectives Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to aO3 Evaluate aspects of politics and political information, including constructing arguments, making substantiated judgements and drawing conclusions..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to comprehend and interpret political information..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to critically analyse and evaluate the areas of politics studied..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to construct arguments and explanations leading to reasoned conclusions..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to identify parallels, connections, similarities and differences between aspects of the areas of politics studied..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to construct and communicate arguments and explanations with relevance, clarity and coherence using appropriate political vocabulary..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to make connections within and across the different areas of politics studied to demonstrate synoptic or holistic understanding..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Political skills and synopticity Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to make comparisons across the UK and US political systems..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.