OCR A level coursework/crime exam

ooo I'm doing the crime exam for ocr but i don't think mines on monday.

We haven't even finished our coursework. Well we did our draft assignment and handed it in for makring and thats it. Sorry about your teachers leaving. :-(

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meera18may

ooo I'm doing the crime exam for ocr but i don't think mines on monday.

We haven't even finished our coursework. Well we did our draft assignment and handed it in for makring and thats it. Sorry about your teachers leaving. :-(

Seems that everyone is doing AQA! yay another OCR person
Yeh crime exam on the following tuesday i think actually, not many people seem to be taking this module in january. must just be our school or something....

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lol yeah darn our schools! But good thing we get it over with! Are you finding revising hard? There's so much!

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apricot

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I did crime but there werent many gd websites tbh and i can't remember what i used i jus relyed on my notes. Hv u done the massive A3 poster thing where u choose 4 studies and write the main points: Aim, method, what they did, conclusion etc and on the back it was all about the reliabilty, validity etc. That helped me alot anyway and i just used them as revision.

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Yep we've done quite abit of revision. Theres soooo much to learn tho! I highly reccommend a book called Study guide for OCR Psychology: A2 level (available on amazon) its got all the studies in it really clearly laid out

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This might seem rather cheeky of me but could you scan or give me any tips on answering section a, part b questions please. (With sugar and cherry on top)

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meera18may

This might seem rather cheeky of me but could you scan or give me any tips on answering section a, part b questions please. (With sugar and cherry on top)

yeh sure. cant scan (no scanner) but give me a day to look thru it and ill get back to u :smile:

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yay thanks! you are the best!

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A2 Essays - the rough guide.pdf111.6KB

meera18may

yay thanks! you are the best!

lol aww thanks. What specifically is it you want to know? The Section A b) question is definitely the hardest! It's always so specific! The marks are awarded in the following way though:

When answering the evaluation questions the mark scheme says two things...

For the b) questions on section A (e.g. Evaluate nature theories of criminal behaviour [10]) then they say that you should evaluate at least 3 theories giving 3 points for each (making 9) and you get 1 for presentation (spelling and grammar)

For the b) question on section B (e.g. Evaluate explanations of criminal behaviour[16]) then they say that you should make 4 evaluation points and give examples from two studies (making 12 marks) and you get 4 for presentation.

Hope that's some help!

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jamiedavies

And just to clarify - the only marks for spelling and presentation are in B(a).

In B(b) the marks are split into 4 sections, each awarded a maximum of 4 marks. These are: issues (range of), evidence (appropriateness of), analysis, structure.

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jamiedavies

Hope that helps. J

And just to clarify - the only marks for spelling and presentation are in B(a).

In B(b) the marks are split into 4 sections, each awarded a maximum of 4 marks. These are: issues (range of), evidence (appropriateness of), analysis, structure.

Thanks! What I said above was directly quoted from my teacher (cut and paste from an email). Ill have to inform him he's wrong

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Crazybean999

Hey Ive got crime exam on tuesday =\ whos worried?

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Crazybean999

Hey Ive got crime exam on tuesday =\ whos worried?

meeeeeeeeeee im worried! there's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much to learn :s-smilie:

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Jrizzle1

Anyone know any good websites with stuff on the crime paper?, also what would you think the best topic for question b to be on, i think its explanations for criminal behaviour, theres so much stuff you can put in!

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Jrizzle1

Anyone know any good websites with stuff on the crime paper?, also what would you think the best topic for question b to be on, i think its explanations for criminal behaviour, theres so much stuff you can put in!

Definitelllly explanation of criminal behaviour for question B or maybe criminal thinking patterns. It's possible it will come up cause it didnt last year I don't thinkkkkk.

The only remotely useful websites I've found:
http://www.holah.net/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.sturt/crime/crime%20calender.htm

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