Assessment structure common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Linear qualification and papers Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Explain that AQA A-level Politics 7152 is a linear qualification with all assessments taken at the end of the course and in the same series..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Linear qualification and papers Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Identify Paper 1 as Government and politics of the UK, assessed by a two-hour written examination worth 77 marks and one third of the A-level..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Linear qualification and papers Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Identify Paper 2 as Government and politics of the USA and comparative politics, assessed by a two-hour written examination worth 77 marks and one third of the A-level..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Linear qualification and papers Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Identify Paper 3 as Political ideas, assessed by a two-hour written examination worth 77 marks and one third of the A-level..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Question types Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Explain and analyse political institutions, processes, concepts, theories and issues in a structured 9-mark response using at least three substantiated points, appropriate political vocabulary and examples..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Question types Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Comprehend and interpret arguments in political information for a 25-mark extract-based response, analysing and evaluating the arguments through a balanced and sustained line of reasoning leading to a reasoned conclusion..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Question types Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate a political statement in a 25-mark essay through a structured and balanced argument, substantiated parallels, connections, similarities and differences, and a reasoned conclusion..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Question types Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Make explicit comparisons between UK and US government and politics in the 25-mark comparative politics essay on Paper 2..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.