AS Geography - Edexcel

1 AS GeographySample Assessment Materials Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography (8GE0)First teaching from September 2016 First certifi cation from 2017 Issue 3 Edexcel , BTEC and LCCI qualificationsEdexcel, BTEC and LCCI qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK s largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications that are globally recognised and benchmarked. For further information, pleasevisit our qualification website at Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at PearsonPearson is the world's leading learning company, with 35,000 employees in more than 70 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning.

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3 For further information, pleasevisit our qualification website at Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at PearsonPearson is the world's leading learning company, with 35,000 employees in more than 70 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. We put the learner at the centre of everything we do, because wherever learning flourishes, so do people. Find out more about how we can help you and your learners at to third party material made in these sample assessment materials are made in good faith. Pearson does not endorse, approve or accept responsibilityfor the content of materials, which may be subject to change, or any opinions expressed therein.

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5 IvPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography Sample Assessment Materials Issue 3 October 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017 ContentsIntroduction 1 General marking guidance 3 Paper 1 Question Paper 5 Paper 1 Resource booklet 29 Paper 1 Mark Scheme 43 Paper 2 Question Paper 79 Paper 2 Resource booklet 103 Paper 2 Mark Scheme 115vPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography Sample Assessment Materials Issue 3 October 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017viPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography Sample Assessment Materials Issue 3 October 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017 IntroductionThe Pearson Edexcel Level 3 AdvancedSubsidiary GCE in Geography is designed for use in schools and colleges.

6 It is part of a suite of AS/A Levelqualifications offered by sample assessment materials have been developed to support thisqualification and will be used as the benchmark to develop the assessment students will Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography Sample Assessment Materials Issue 3 October 2017 Pearson Education Limited 20172 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography Sample Assessment Materials Issue 3 October 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017 General marking guidance All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first. Mark schemes should be applied positively.

7 Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate s responseis not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate s response, the team leader must be consulted.

8 Crossed-out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response. Fo r all questions marked using a levels based mark scheme, examiners should payparticular attention to the initial rubric which begins the indicative content section. This rubric details the Assessment Objective and where applicable strand emphasis that should be applied when making judgements within each to award marks when level descriptions are the right levelThe first stage is to decide into which level the answer should be placed in. To do this, use a best-fit approach, deciding which level most closely describes the quality of the answer. Answers can display characteristics from more than one level, and where this happens markers must use the guidance below and their professional judgement to decide which level is most appropriate.

9 For example, one stronger passage at L4 would not by itself merit a L4 mark, but it might be evidence to support a high L3 mark, unless there are substantial weaknesses in other areas. Similarly, an answer that fits best in L3 but which has some characteristics of L2 might be placed at the bottom of L3. An answer displaying some characteristics of L3 and some of L1 might be placed in a mark within a level After a level has been decided on, the next stage is to decide on the mark within the level. The instructions below tell you how to reward responses within a level. However, where a level has specific guidance about how to place an answer within a level, always follow that containing 2marks onlyStart with the presumption that the work will be at the top of the level.

10 Move down to the lower mark if the work only just meets the requirements of the level. 3 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography Sample Assessment Materials Issue 3 October 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017 Levels containing 3or more marksMarkers should be prepared to use the full range of marks available in a level and not restrict marks to the middle. Markers should start at the middle of thelevel (or the upper-middle mark if there is an even number of marks) and then move the mark up or down to find the best mark. To do this, they should take into account how far the answer meets the requirements of the level: If it meets the requirements fully, markers should be prepared to award full marks within the level.