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How much time do I spend per question in AQA philosophy, in have a test next month that is I think one 3 marker two 5 markers and one 12 marker and two 25 markers the test is 2 hours and 15 minutes I believe so how much time do I spend per question. Also today I did a test on if God can be said to be the cause of the universe and I wrote about aquinas 1st and 2nd way and 2 criticisms and 3 counter arguments, is this too narrow and will I get below an A pls lmk

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by Stupidwebsiegon
How much time do I spend per question in AQA philosophy, in have a test next month that is I think one 3 marker two 5 markers and one 12 marker and two 25 markers the test is 2 hours and 15 minutes I believe so how much time do I spend per question. Also today I did a test on if God can be said to be the cause of the universe and I wrote about aquinas 1st and 2nd way and 2 criticisms and 3 counter arguments, is this too narrow and will I get below an A pls lmk

Spend 30 mins on the lower mark questions and an hour on the 25 mark essay question (add 25% to these numbers if you get extra time).

Hard to tell what mark you would get for that essay just from that description. Why don't you post it here and I'll give you some more detailed feedback?

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by Joe312
Spend 30 mins on the lower mark questions and an hour on the 25 mark essay question (add 25% to these numbers if you get extra time).
Hard to tell what mark you would get for that essay just from that description. Why don't you post it here and I'll give you some more detailed feedback?

how much time do I spend on each 5 marker and thank you but I dont have my essay its with my teacher I only did it yesterday

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by Stupidwebsiegon
how much time do I spend on each 5 marker and thank you but I dont have my essay its with my teacher I only did it yesterday

Around 5-6 mins.

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by Joe312
Around 5-6 mins.

thank uuu

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by Joe312
Around 5-6 mins.

what about 3 markers

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by Stupidwebsiegon
what about 3 markers

1-2 mins. They only require 1 sentence usually, unless they ask for 2 or 3 things.

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by Joe312
1-2 mins. They only require 1 sentence usually, unless they ask for 2 or 3 things.

thank you

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by Joe312
1-2 mins. They only require 1 sentence usually, unless they ask for 2 or 3 things.

do you have any tips for them, when they ask a question like what is a deductive argument or like what is meant by God as everlasting how do I get 3 marks out of that

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by Stupidwebsiegon
do you have any tips for them, when they ask a question like what is a deductive argument or like what is meant by God as everlasting how do I get 3 marks out of that

It's not one mark per point. It's 3 marks for a full and precise answer. So you can get 3/3 with one sentence. Just gotta write the full precise definition of whatever they ask you for (or multiple sentences if they ask for multiple things.

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