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Hi all,
Today I did my physical geography examination for A Level Geography for CIE.
The final question started with “Using a case study....” and then talked about arid/semi arid environments.
Usually with CIE they specify “Using ONE case study” with the one being in bold and in this exam is did not just saying “Using a case study...”.
Foolishly I decided to use 3 case studies in this essay, will this meet the question criteria or not?
Today I did my physical geography examination for A Level Geography for CIE.
The final question started with “Using a case study....” and then talked about arid/semi arid environments.
Usually with CIE they specify “Using ONE case study” with the one being in bold and in this exam is did not just saying “Using a case study...”.
Foolishly I decided to use 3 case studies in this essay, will this meet the question criteria or not?
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I also sat the paper and did that exact answer (on the Sahel). It said "for a case study of a semi arid or hot arid area", not areas.
They don't negative mark but worst case scenario they can only mark 1/3 of your paper. It depends how far apart the areas are? They would probably be able to mark general points from the other 2 case studies as well, ignoring the evidence given.
But Im no examiner
They don't negative mark but worst case scenario they can only mark 1/3 of your paper. It depends how far apart the areas are? They would probably be able to mark general points from the other 2 case studies as well, ignoring the evidence given.
But Im no examiner
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Cheers, I think they could have worded it better as usually the ONE case study is emphasised whereas in this question they emphasised either arid or semi-arid in bold.
I’ve looked at all the CIE recent past papers and none have been worded in the way of “a case study” so I don’t know why they chose to word it that way this year and how many case studies they’ll accept.
I’ve looked at all the CIE recent past papers and none have been worded in the way of “a case study” so I don’t know why they chose to word it that way this year and how many case studies they’ll accept.
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I also sat the paper and did that exact answer (on the Sahel). It said "for a case study of a semi arid or hot arid area", not areas.
They don't negative mark but worst case scenario they can only mark 1/3 of your paper. It depends how far apart the areas are? They would probably be able to mark general points from the other 2 case studies as well, ignoring the evidence given.
But Im no examiner
I also sat the paper and did that exact answer (on the Sahel). It said "for a case study of a semi arid or hot arid area", not areas.
They don't negative mark but worst case scenario they can only mark 1/3 of your paper. It depends how far apart the areas are? They would probably be able to mark general points from the other 2 case studies as well, ignoring the evidence given.
But Im no examiner
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