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Paper 1 The human body and movement in physical activity and sport
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MarkTschemesTareTpreparedTbyTtheTLeadTAssessmentTWriterTandTconsidered,TtogetherTwithTtheTrelevantT
questions,TbyTaTpanelTofTsubjectTteachers.TThisTmarkTschemeTincludesTanyTamendmentsTmadeTatTtheTst
andardisationTeventsTwhichTallTassociatesTparticipateTinTandTisTtheTschemeTwhichTwasTusedTbyTthemTinTth
isTexamination.TTheTstandardisationTprocessTensuresTthatTtheTmarkTschemeTcoversTtheTstudents’Trespon
sesTtoTquestionsTandTthatTeveryTassociateTunderstandsTandTappliesTitTinTtheTsameTcorrectTway.
AsTpreparationTforTstandardisationTeachTassociateTanalysesTaTnumberTofTstudents’Tscripts.TAlternativeTansw
ersTnotTalreadyTcoveredTbyTtheTmarkTschemeTareTdiscussedTandTlegislatedTfor.TIf,TafterTtheTstandardisationT
process,TassociatesTencounterTunusualTanswersTwhichThaveTnotTbeenTraisedTtheyTareTrequiredTtoTreferTthe
seTtoTtheTLeadTExaminer.
ItTmustTbeTstressedTthatTaTmarkTschemeTisTaTworkingTdocument,TinTmanyTcasesTfurtherTdevelopedTandT
expandedTonTtheTbasisTofTstudents’TreactionsTtoTaTparticularTpaper.TAssumptionsTaboutTfutureTmarkTsch
emesTonTtheTbasisTofToneTyear’sTdocumentTshouldTbeTavoided;TwhilstTtheTguidingTprinciplesTofTassessm
entTremainTconstant,TdetailsTwillTchange,TdependingTonTtheTcontentTofTaTparticularTexaminationTpaper.
FurtherTcopiesTofTthisTmarkTschemeTareTavailableTfromTaqa.org.uk
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Level of response marking instructions
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LevelTofTresponseTmarkTschemesTareTbrokenTdownTintoTlevels,TeachTofTwhichThasTaTdescriptor.TTheTdescri
ptorTforTtheTlevelTshowsTtheTaverageTperformanceTforTtheTlevel.T ThereTareTmarksTinTeachTlevel.
BeforeTyouTapplyTtheTmarkTschemeTtoTaTstudent’sTanswerTreadTthroughTtheTanswerTandTannotateTitT(asT
instructed)TtoTshowTtheTqualitiesTthatTareTbeingTlookedTfor.T YouTcanTthenTapplyTtheTmarkTscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
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StartTatTtheTlowestTlevelTofTtheTmarkTschemeTandTuseTitTasTaTladderTtoTseeTwhetherTtheTanswerTmeetsTtheT
descriptorTforTthatTlevel.TTheTdescriptorTforTtheTlevelTindicatesTtheTdifferentTqualitiesTthatTmightTbeTseenTinTt
heTstudent’sTanswerTforTthatTlevel.TIfTitTmeetsTtheTlowestTlevelTthenTgoTtoTtheTnextToneTandTdecideTifTitTmee
tsTthisTlevel,TandTsoTon,TuntilTyouThaveTaTmatchTbetweenTtheTlevelTdescriptorTandTtheTanswer.TWithTpractic
eTandTfamiliarityTyouTwillTfindTthatTforTbetterTanswersTyouTwillTbeTableTtoTquicklyTskipTthroughTtheTlowerTlev
elsTofTtheTmarkTscheme.
WhenTassigningTaTlevelTyouTshouldTlookTatTtheToverallTqualityTofTtheTanswerTandTnotTlookTtoTpickTholesTinT
smallTandTspecificTpartsTofTtheTanswerTwhereTtheTstudentThasTnotTperformedTquiteTasTwellTasTtheTrest.TIfTth
eTanswerTcoversTdifferentTaspectsTofTdifferentTlevelsTofTtheTmarkTschemeTyouTshouldTuseTaTbestTfitTapproa
chTforTdefiningTtheTlevelTandTthenTuseTtheTvariabilityTofTtheTresponseTtoThelpTdecideTtheTmarkTwithinTtheTlev
el,TieTifTtheTresponseTisTpredominantlyTlevelT3TwithTaTsmallTamountTofTlevelT4TmaterialTitTwouldTbeTplacedTin
TlevelT3TbutTbeTawardedTaTmarkTnearTtheTtopTofTtheTlevelTbecauseTofTtheTlevelT4Tcontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
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OnceTyouThaveTassignedTaTlevelTyouTneedTtoTdecideTonTtheTmark.TTheTdescriptorsTonThowTtoTallocateTmar
ksTcanThelpTwithTthis.TTheTexemplarTmaterialsTusedTduringTstandardisationTwillThelp.TThereTwillTbeTanTansw
erTinTtheTstandardisingTmaterialsTwhichTwillTcorrespondTwithTeachTlevelTofTtheTmarkTscheme.TThisTanswerT
willThaveTbeenTawardedTaTmarkTbyTtheTLeadTExaminer.TYouTcanTcompareTtheTstudent’sTanswerTwithTtheTe
xampleTtoTdetermineTifTitTisTtheTsameTstandard,TbetterTorTworseTthanTtheTexample.TYouTcanTthenTuseTthisTt
oTallocateTaTmarkTforTtheTanswerTbasedTonTtheTLeadTExaminer’sTmarkTonTtheTexample.
YouTmayTwellTneedTtoTreadTbackTthroughTtheTanswerTasTyouTapplyTtheTmarkTschemeTtoTclarifyTpointsTandT
assureTyourselfTthatTtheTlevelTandTtheTmarkTareTappropriate.
IndicativeTcontentTinTtheTmarkTschemeTisTprovidedTasTaTguideTforTexaminers.TItTisTnotTintendedTtoTbeTexhaus
tiveTandTyouTmustTcreditTotherTvalidTpoints.TStudentsTdoTnotThaveTtoTcoverTallTofTtheTpointsTmentionedTinTth
eTIndicativeTcontentTtoTreachTtheThighestTlevelTofTtheTmarkTscheme.
AnTanswerTwhichTcontainsTnothingTofTrelevanceTtoTtheTquestionTmustTbeTawardedTnoTmarks.
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