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A summary of Bob Digby’s main points for getting wise to what the examiner wants!

A summary of Bob Digby’s main points for getting wise to what the examiner wants!.

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A summary of Bob Digby’s main points for getting wise to what the examiner wants!

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  1. A summary of Bob Digby’s main points for getting wise to what the examiner wants!

  2. Time - if you are running out of time, Bob thinks it is better to move to onto the next question. This is because it is easier to get the first few marks in a new question as it is to get the last few marks on a question you are stuck on. You can also list or plan an answer, marks will be accredited. CAUTION: only to be applied if you are stuck or pushed for time! SPaG– can be there to be support you in securing the grade you need. It is worth 4 marks per paper. Bob reckons; weak geography + well written sentences = marks & no excuse! Revise– obviously so just do it, geography is easy if you prepare yourself. Show off!

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  4. The structure of all the exams will have questions that get progressively difficult. The examiners call this incline of difficulty. Identify specific phrases for each command or buzz sentences as well call it. Identify key words for longer questions such as case studies and four mark questions and above. Don’t fear if a five mark question appears, this just MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR POINTS.

  5. Higher Tier – welcome to 9 mark questions, only applicable for Unit 1. They will usually start with the command: Examine – you need positives/strengths and negatives /failings of a management imitative or effects, good/bad. Discuss– you need to show you know both sides of the argument. Comment on – say what you see with a little explanation of what is happening, supported with SLD. All of these commands will require you to weigh up and show that you are aware that because something is good in one place, it does not necessarily mean it is good everywhere. You will also need to locate a named example to access the higher marks. Look at possible key phrases on the next page to exemplar these commands.

  6. Examine Despite the many advantages of the park and ride schemes for Cambridge drivers, there are still well known weaknesses. For example, ........................ On the other hand it is not beneficial for ............. It not an advantage for the indigenous people who.............. The social effects were even greater.................... Discuss Even though managing the rainforest in this way had it successes, it is still had failings in other ways........... I think the environmental effects outweigh the economic in this case because .............. It is not always easy to manage the rainforest in this way which is why alternatives are needed such as............ Comment on It is quiet clear from this picture that the following have been used.................. Similar approaches have been used in Manchester in the live simply campaign. For example............................... The management of traffic in this newspaper clipping can be divided into ............. This is different to Cambridge and London who perhaps were more successful in their attempts because........

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