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Assessment Objective Weighting
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A Knowledge with understanding
B Handling information and solving
problems
This gives a general idea of the allocation of marks to assessment objectives A and B in
the theory papers. However, the balance on each paper may vary slightly. Fifteen percent
of the total marks will be awarded for awareness of the social, economic,
environmental and technological implications and applications of Biology. These
will be awarded within the ‘Knowledge with understanding’ and the ‘Handling
information and solving problems’ categories.
Teachers should take note that there is a greater weighting of 55% for skills (including
handling information, solving problems, practical, experimental and investigative skills),
compared to the
45% for knowledge and understanding. Teacher’s schemes of work and the sequence of
learning activities should reflect this balance, so that the aims of the syllabus may
be met, and the candidates prepared for the assessment.
Additional Information
Modern Biological Sciences draw extensively on concepts from the physical sciences.
It is desirable, therefore, that by the end of the course, candidates should have a
knowledge of the following topics, sufficient to aid understanding of biological systems,
but no questions will be set directly on them.
• The electromagnetic spectrum
• Energy changes (potential energy, activation energy and chemical bond energy)
• Molecules, atoms, ions and electrons
BIOLOGY 9700 A/AS LEVEL
• Concentration and molarity
• Acids, bases, pH and buffers
• Isotopes, including radioactive isotopes
• Oxidation and reduction
• Hydrolysis and condensation
Mathematical and Statistical Requirements are laid out later in the syllabus
STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS/ STRUKTUR SYLLABUS
The Subject Content of the syllabus is divided into an AS and A2. The A2 includes a core
and an
Applications of Biology section, which is studied, in its entirety, by all A2 candidates.
The subject content for the Core and the Applications syllabuses is presented as
learning outcomes. The examination will assess the candidate’s knowledge and
understanding of these.
This structure is shown below.
Assessment Components
1 The Core syllabus – there are sixteen sections.
AS Level candidates will study and be assessed on the first eleven sections,
A to K. A Level candidates will study and be assessed on all twenty one
45
PAPERS 1, 2 and 4
32 PAPERS 1, 2 and 4
C Experimental skills and investigations 23 PAPERS 3 and 5
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