Assessment
Paper 1
This section looks at all aspects of Paper 1 which consists of Section A (multiple choice) and Section B (short answer data-based questions on experimental work). Linked pages cover advice to students,...
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Your final grade not good enough for you?
How you can ask your school to request a re-mark to change your grade or retake the exam at a later session. The results are sent to schools during the first week in July (or January for the November...
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Grade boundaries
Because the assessment is criterion-based rather than norm-referenced, the actual grade boundaries vary from year to year, although ‘rule of thumb’ boundaries can be used to give a reasonably accurate...
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Grade descriptors
The way in which the examination papers are criterion-based and graded by component using grade descriptors is explained. The exams are criterion-based rather than being norm referenced. In theory (although...
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Objectives and command terms
The four assessment objectives are outlined with the questions on the papers assessing roughly 50% Objectives 1 and 2 and roughly 50% Objective 3. The key command terms used in the questions which align...
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Putting Topic R3 into context (3)
This section puts Topic R3 - Electron and electron pair sharing reactions - into a Real World Context. It gives specific examples showing how the topic relates to International Mindedness and the Theory...
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Putting Topic R3 into context (1)
This section puts Topic R3 - Proton transfer reactions - into a Real World Context. It gives specific examples showing how the topic relates to International Mindedness and the Theory of Knowledge/Nature...
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Putting Topic R2 into context (2)
This section puts Topic R2 - The extent of chemical change - into a Real World Context. It gives specific examples showing how the topic relates to International Mindedness and the Theory of Knowledge/Nature...
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Putting Topic R1 into context
This section puts Topic R1 - What drives chemical reactions? - into a Real World Context. It gives specific examples showing how the topic relates to International Mindedness and the Theory of Knowledge/Nature...
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Putting Topic S3 into context (2)
This section puts Topic S3 - Classification of organic compounds - into a Real World Context. It gives specific examples showing how the topic relates to International Mindedness and the Theory of Knowledge/Nature...