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nation.vThevstandardisationvprocessvensuresvthatvthevmarkvschemevcoversvthevstudents’vresponsesvtovque
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esevtovthevLeadvAssessmentvWriter.
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andedvonvthevbasisvofvstudents’vreactionsvtovavparticularvpaper.v Assumptionsvaboutvfuturevmarkvschemesv
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nvconstant,vdetailsvwillvchange,vdependingvonvthevcontentvofvavparticularvexaminationvpaper.
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level PHYSICS
v v
(7408/2)
Paperv2
Mark scheme
v
, MARKvSCHEMEv–vA-LEVELvPHYSICSvPAPERv2v–v7408/2v–vSPECIMEN
MarkvschemesvarevpreparedvbyvthevLeadvAssessmentvWritervandvconsidered,vtogethervwithvthevrelevantvqu
estions,vbyvavpanelvofvsubjectvteachers.vThisvmarkvschemevincludesvanyvamendmentsvmadevatvthevstandar
disationveventsvwhichvallvassociatesvparticipatevinvandvisvthevschemevwhichvwasvusedvbyvthemvinvthisvexami
nation.vThevstandardisationvprocessvensuresvthatvthevmarkvschemevcoversvthevstudents’vresponsesvtovque
stionsvandvthatveveryvassociatevunderstandsvandvappliesvitvinvthevsamevcorrectvway.
Asvpreparationvforvstandardisationveachvassociatevanalysesvavnumbervofvstudents’vscripts.vAlternativevans
wersvnotvalreadyvcoveredvbyvthevmarkvschemevarevdiscussedvandvlegislatedvfor.vIf,vaftervthevstandardisatio
nvprocess,vassociatesvencountervunusualvanswersvwhichvhavevnotvbeenvraisedvtheyvarevrequiredvtovrefervth
esevtovthevLeadvAssessmentvWriter.
Itvmustvbevstressedvthatvavmarkvschemevisvavworkingvdocument,vinvmanyvcasesvfurthervdevelopedvandvexp
andedvonvthevbasisvofvstudents’vreactionsvtovavparticularvpaper.v Assumptionsvaboutvfuturevmarkvschemesv
onvthevbasisvofvonevyear’svdocumentvshouldvbevavoided;vwhilstvthevguidingvprinciplesvofvassessmentvremai
nvconstant,vdetailsvwillvchange,vdependingvonvthevcontentvofvavparticularvexaminationvpaper.
Furthervcopiesvofvthisvmarkvschemevarevavailablevfromvaqa.org.uk
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