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AQA AS 2016 - CHEM1 (Resit) Unoffical Mark Scheme

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Reply 220

senpaipoppy

Original post by Chocofudge123

Any predictions for Unit 2 Resit

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Is there a thread for the unit 2 resit? Because that'st exam I'm resitting

Reply 221

CESTEE

Original post by Chembio123

I think if it was an actual chemistry teacher marking them or someone who actually knew what you meant would give you the mark but because the markers of aqa don't specialise in that subject they go strictly by the mark scheme so it's hard to say

This isn't true. To mark for AQA you have to have taught that syllabus/exam in the last year and you have to have been teaching for more than a year. So anyone marking CHEM1 has taught it. They only use specialist markers.

Reply 222

Chembio123

Original post by CESTEE

Several teachers have told me themselves that the people that mark aqa papers don't have to specialise in that subject, hence why their mark schemes are so detailed and specific.

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CESTEE

Original post by Chembio123

Several teachers have told me themselves that the people that mark aqa papers don't have to specialise in that subject, hence why their mark schemes are so detailed and specific.

I promise you, as an A Level marker myself, that you have to teach the exam you mark! OCR don't have specialist markers but AQA are far more rigorous. You can't even mark the A level exam if you only teach GCSE chemistry, you have to teach A Level.