Assessment structure exam tips

Exam tips

• Linear qualification and papers Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this 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..

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

• Linear qualification and papers Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this 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..

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

• Linear qualification and papers Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this 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..

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

• Linear qualification and papers Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to identify Paper 3 as Political ideas, assessed by a two-hour written examination worth 77 marks and one third of the A-level..

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

• Question types Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this 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..

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

• Question types Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this 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..

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

• Question types Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this 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..

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

• Question types Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to make explicit comparisons between UK and US government and politics in the 25-mark comparative politics essay on Paper 2..

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