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6. make predictions and put forward hypotheses;
7. apply knowledge, including principles, to novel situations;
8. demonstrate an awareness of the limitations of biological theories and models;
9. solve problems.
Assessment objectives to do with Handling Information and Solving Problems
cannot be precisely specified in the syllabus content because questions testing such
skills are often based on information that is unfamiliar to the candidate. In
answering such questions, candidates are required to use principles and concepts that
are within the syllabus and apply them in a logical, reasoned or deductive manner to a
novel situation. Questions testing these objectives will often begin with one of the
following words: discuss, predict, suggest, calculate, explain (give reasoned
explanations and explain the processes of using information and solving problems)
or determine. (See the glossary of terms.)
C Experimental skills and investigations
Students should be able to:
1. follow a detailed set or sequence of instructions;
2. use techniques, apparatus, measuring devices and materials safely and effectively;
3. make and record observations, measurements and estimates, with appropriate
regard to precision, accuracy and units;
4. interpret, evaluate and report on observations and experimental data;
5. evaluate information, make predictions and put forward and evaluate hypotheses;
6. identify problems, design, plan and carry out experiments and investigations;
BIOLOGY 9700 A/AS LEVEL
7. select appropriate techniques, apparatus, measuring devices and materials;
8. evaluate methods and techniques, and suggest possible improvements.
Full details of the practical assessment are given later in the syllabus.
SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT
Duration Marks Weighthing
Paper Types of paper
AS Level A Level
1 Multiple Choice 1 h 40 31% 15 %
2 AS Structured
Questions
3 Advanced
Practical Skills
4 A2 Structured
Questions
5 Planning,
Analysis
andEvaluation
Paper 1
1h 15 min 60 46 % 23 %
2 h 100 38
1h 15 min 30 12 %
This paper will consist of 40 multiple choice questions based on the AS syllabus.
All questions will be of the direct choice type with four options.
Paper 2
This paper will consist of a variable number of structured questions of variable mark value.
All the questions will be based on the AS syllabus. Candidates will answer all the
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