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AQA Sociology Unit 1 17/05 & Unit 2 23/05 - Official Thread 2016

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Original post by LillyFaye
Ok, guys. So, I bombed this exam lol. I screwed up the first 2 marker and for the 6 marker I blanked out how could I forget about GIST? ugh. Anyway, I feel really comfident about next weeks family paper so if I did really well then and screwed up this paper- will I get a relatively decent grade?


Yes! If you get an average of say a C/D in this paper, getting an A in families hopefully will bring up to a B :smile:
Original post by xJaayyy
Yes! If you get an average of say a C/D in this paper, getting an A in families hopefully will bring up to a B :smile:


Thank you! :smile:
Original post by Workangel_24
Here's the questions...
3) Outline and explain 3 policies that led to the increased educational achievement of girls in the last 40 years. (6m)


See, this is what confused me - I read it as 'increased educational achievement of girls in the last 40 years', not '3 policies in the last 40 years', so I thought the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts would've counted as they caused a gradual change over the last 40 years, not an immediate one.
Original post by elegantelephant
See, this is what confused me - I read it as 'increased educational achievement of girls in the last 40 years', not '3 policies in the last 40 years', so I thought the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts would've counted as they caused a gradual change over the last 40 years, not an immediate one.


Oh okay.
Hate education, hopefully families and households will bring my grade up, haha
Original post by popcornjpg
Yes, I know, but it was linked to something no? I thought it just said 'educational achievement' but nearly everyone in my class said it was 'social class achievement'.


I think it was linked to social class - I wrote about cream-skimming and how it disadvantages the working class.
does anyone have any idea about grade boundaries? :smile:
So I totally crashed and burnt. It think all in all, I maybe got 26 marks out of the 60. :erm:
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Does anyone know the grade boundaries?
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Original post by elegantelephant
Is 48/60 going to be enough to get an A?

Definitely, that would be an A because looking at past grade boundaries you usually needed 42/43 to get an A.
But maybe AQA will take into consideration that it was a new spec and lower it? Possibly to 40/41? Hopefully!
this is a dumb question but I feel like I got an E in that exam omg. So if I do amazingly well for paper 2 and get let's say an A, what grade would I get? 😬
For the last question on the SCLY1 paper I put the different ways in which the family has become diverse so through secularisation, legislation etc. and heard people talking about the functions instead? I talked about how the changes undermine the family so they may be perceived as not able to perform those functions, but I really feel like I answered it too differently?
Original post by souless_lol
this is a dumb question but I feel like I got an E in that exam omg. So if I do amazingly well for paper 2 and get let's say an A, what grade would I get? 😬


Maybe a C if you are lucky.
First question just threw me, swear my teacher did not ever mention that!
I found the 6 marker difficult not being factors and just policies, and I also ran out of time on the last question. ****...
Original post by olivia.pope
First question just threw me, swear my teacher did not ever mention that!
I found the 6 marker difficult not being factors and just policies, and I also ran out of time on the last question. ****...


Yh me too what did you write for the policies cuz I wrote something different from that I think
Original post by Lois Elliott
I didn't like the 10 marker.I had to sit for a while to come up with something plausible because the question was so vague. I ended up writing about the Marxists perspective on education and the two roles it performs :/


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This is literally what I did too, did we have to include two separate theories, like Functionalism and Marxism, or is two marxisms good enough?


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Original post by Shaziye
Yh me too what did you write for the policies cuz I wrote something different from that I think


I wrote about introduction of Coursework, introduction of a National Cirrculum and Equal Pay Act. Which I hope is correct??
Original post by elishajennings
For the last question on the SCLY1 paper I put the different ways in which the family has become diverse so through secularisation, legislation etc. and heard people talking about the functions instead? I talked about how the changes undermine the family so they may be perceived as not able to perform those functions, but I really feel like I answered it too differently?


Yeah I did that too, do u think it's wrong??
Original post by elegantelephant
I'm really worried because it said 'in the last 40 years' in the question but the only policies I could think of were Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Equal Pay Act 1970, and GIST and WISE; do you think it counts because their effects are still seen today?


That's what i'm worried about!! I guess I didn't read the question properly because my first point was from the 1940s!!!!! I am so screwed
Original post by benj1999
This is literally what I did too, did we have to include two separate theories, like Functionalism and Marxism, or is two marxisms good enough?


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I'm sure that will be enough-I only mentioned Althusser. If they had wanted us to mention an alternative they should have said so rather than being so vague :/ its so frustrating!
Does anybody have an unofficial mark scheme of the exam?? Would love to try and see what average mark I got....

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