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GCSE Geography A Geographical Themes J383/03: Geographical skills Mark Scheme for June 2023
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GCSEGeography A Geographical Themes
J383/03: Geographical skills
Mark Scheme for June 2023
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1. Mark strictly to the mark scheme.
2. Marks awarded must relate directly to the marking criteria.
3. The schedule of dates is very important. It is essential that you meet the RM Assessor
50% and 100% (traditional 40% Batch 1 and 100% Batch 2) deadlines. If you experience
problems, you must contact your Team Leader (Supervisor) without delay.
4. If you are in any doubt about applying the mark scheme, consult your Team Leader by
telephone or the RM Assessor messaging system, or by email.
Crossed Out Responses
Where a candidate has crossed out a response and provided a clear alternative then the
crossed out response is not marked. Where no alternative response has been provided,
examiners may give candidates the benefit of the doubt and mark the crossed out response
where legible.
Rubric Error Responses – Optional Questions
Where candidates have a choice of question across a whole paper or a whole section and have
provided more answers than required, then all responses are marked and the highest mark
allowable within the rubric is given. Enter a mark for each question answered into RM assessor,
which will select the
highest mark from those awarded. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate has
penalised themselves by attempting more questions than necessary in the time allowed.)
Multiple Choice Question Responses
When a multiple choice question has only a single, correct response and a candidate provides
two responses (even if one of these responses is correct), then no mark should be awarded (as
it is not possible to determine which was the first response selected by the candidate).
When a question requires candidates to select more than one option/multiple options, then local
marking arrangements need to ensure consistency of approach.
Contradictory Responses
, When a candidate provides contradictory responses, then no mark should be awarded, even if
one of the answers is correct.
Short Answer Questions (requiring only a list by way of a response, usually worth only one
mark per response)
Where candidates are required to provide a set number of short answer responses then only the
set number of responses should be marked. The response space should be marked from left to
right on each line and then line by line until the required number of responses have been
considered. The remaining responses should not then be marked. Examiners will have to apply
judgement as to whether a ‘second response’ on a line is a development of the ‘first response’,
rather than a separate, discrete response. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate is
attempting to hedge their bets and therefore getting undue benefit rather than engaging with the
question and giving the most relevant/correct responses.)
Short Answer Questions (requiring a more developed response, worth two or more marks)
If the candidates are required to provide a description of, say, three items or factors and four
items or factors are provided, then mark on a similar basis – that is downwards (as it is unlikely
in this situation that a candidate will provide more than one response in each section of the
response space.)
Longer Answer Questions (requiring a developed response)
Where candidates have provided two (or more) responses to a medium or high tariff question
which only required a single (developed) response and not crossed out the first response, then
only the first response should be marked. Examiners will need to apply professional judgement
as to whether the second (or a subsequent) response is a ‘new start’ or simply a poorly
expressed continuation of the first response.
1. Always check the pages (and additional objects if present) at the end of the response in
case any answers have been continued there. If the candidate has continued an answer
there, then add a tick to confirm that the work has been seen.
2. Award No Response (NR) if:
o there is nothing written in the answer space
Award Zero ‘0’ if:
o anything is written in the answer space and is not worthy of credit (this includes
text and symbols).
Team Leaders must confirm the correct use of the NR button with their markers before live
marking commences and should check this when reviewing scripts.
1. The RM Assessor comments box is used by your team leader to explain the marking of
the practice responses. Please refer to these comments when checking your practice
responses. Do not use the comments box for any other reason.
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