GCSE
GEOGRAPHY
8035/3
Paper 3 Geographical Applications
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Mark scheme
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June 2022
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Version:n1.0nFinal
*226G 035/3/MS*
, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GEOGRAPHYn –n 8035/3n –n JUNEn 2022
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.n Alternativenanswers
nnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisationnproces
s,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonrefernthesentonthenL
eadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirn
ownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledge
dntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2022nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GEOGRAPHYn –n 8035/3n –n JUNEn 2022
Point marked questions marking instructions
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Thenmarknschemenwillnstatenthencorrectnanswernornanrangenofnpossiblenanswers,nalthoughnthesenmaynnotn
benexhaustive.nItnmaynindicatenhownansecondnmarknisnawardednfornansecondnpointnorndevelopednidea.nItnm
ayngivenannindicationnofnunacceptablenanswers.nEachnmarknshouldnbenshownnbynplacingnanticknwherencre
ditnisngiven.nThennumbernofnticksnmustnequalnthenmarknawarded.nDonnotnusencrossesntonindicatenanswersn
thatnarenincorrect.
Level of response marking instructions
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Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescr
iptornisnlinkedntonthenAssessmentnObjective(s)nbeingnaddressed.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenav
eragenperformancenfornthenlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.nYounsh
ouldnreadnthenwholenanswernbeforenawardingnmarksnonnlevelsnresponsenquestions.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Descriptorsnfornthenlevelnindicatenthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnthenstudent’snanswernfornthatnl
evel.nWhennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknhole
sninnsmallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nI
fnthenanswerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnappr
oachnforndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenl
evel,nienifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynLeveln2nwithnansmallnamountnofnLeveln3nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplace
dninnLeveln2nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenLeveln3ncontent.nForninstance,n
innan9nmarknquestionnwithnthreenlevelsnofnresponse,nannanswernmayndemonstratenthoroughnknowledgenandn
understandingn(AO1nandnAO2)nbutnfailntonrespondntoncommandnwordsnsuchnasnassessnornevaluaten(AO3).n
ThenscriptncouldnstillnaccessnLeveln2nmarks.nNotenthatnthenmarknschemenisnnotnprogressiveninnthensensenthat
nstudentsndon’tnhaventonfulfilnallnthenrequirementsnofnLeveln1ninnorderntonaccessnLeveln2.
Step 2 Determine a mark
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Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenma
rksncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnalsonhelp.nTherenwillngene
rallynbenannanswerninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnofnthenmarknsche
me.nThisnanswernwillnhavenbeennawardednanmarknbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’sn
answernwithnthenexamplentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYounc
annthennusenthisntonallocatenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.n
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandn
assurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonbenexha
ustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnmentionedni
nnthenindicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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GEOGRAPHY
8035/3
Paper 3 Geographical Applications
n n n
Mark scheme
n
June 2022
n
Version:n1.0nFinal
*226G 035/3/MS*
, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GEOGRAPHYn –n 8035/3n –n JUNEn 2022
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.n Alternativenanswers
nnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisationnproces
s,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonrefernthesentonthenL
eadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirn
ownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledge
dntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2022nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GEOGRAPHYn –n 8035/3n –n JUNEn 2022
Point marked questions marking instructions
n n n n
Thenmarknschemenwillnstatenthencorrectnanswernornanrangenofnpossiblenanswers,nalthoughnthesenmaynnotn
benexhaustive.nItnmaynindicatenhownansecondnmarknisnawardednfornansecondnpointnorndevelopednidea.nItnm
ayngivenannindicationnofnunacceptablenanswers.nEachnmarknshouldnbenshownnbynplacingnanticknwherencre
ditnisngiven.nThennumbernofnticksnmustnequalnthenmarknawarded.nDonnotnusencrossesntonindicatenanswersn
thatnarenincorrect.
Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescr
iptornisnlinkedntonthenAssessmentnObjective(s)nbeingnaddressed.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenav
eragenperformancenfornthenlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.nYounsh
ouldnreadnthenwholenanswernbeforenawardingnmarksnonnlevelsnresponsenquestions.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Descriptorsnfornthenlevelnindicatenthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnthenstudent’snanswernfornthatnl
evel.nWhennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknhole
sninnsmallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nI
fnthenanswerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnappr
oachnforndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenl
evel,nienifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynLeveln2nwithnansmallnamountnofnLeveln3nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplace
dninnLeveln2nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenLeveln3ncontent.nForninstance,n
innan9nmarknquestionnwithnthreenlevelsnofnresponse,nannanswernmayndemonstratenthoroughnknowledgenandn
understandingn(AO1nandnAO2)nbutnfailntonrespondntoncommandnwordsnsuchnasnassessnornevaluaten(AO3).n
ThenscriptncouldnstillnaccessnLeveln2nmarks.nNotenthatnthenmarknschemenisnnotnprogressiveninnthensensenthat
nstudentsndon’tnhaventonfulfilnallnthenrequirementsnofnLeveln1ninnorderntonaccessnLeveln2.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenma
rksncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnalsonhelp.nTherenwillngene
rallynbenannanswerninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnofnthenmarknsche
me.nThisnanswernwillnhavenbeennawardednanmarknbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’sn
answernwithnthenexamplentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYounc
annthennusenthisntonallocatenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.n
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandn
assurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonbenexha
ustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnmentionedni
nnthenindicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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