| AS G1 Theme
2: Key Idea 2.4 - Individual |
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| In the specification from
September 2008 students have to undertake 'field and investigative
studies' (actual and virtual). However, instead of writing up the
study for teacher assessment which would form a 'coursework mark' the
work is examined in the written exam. The student has to use the
'experience' gained by doing the 'fieldwork' to answer Question 3 in
Units 1 (and 2). |
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Question 3 may
cover any of the following: |
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1. Description of data |
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2. Overall planning of
an investigation by identifying sub-topics required |
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3. Identification of
the sort of data required to investigate a sub-topic |
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4. Sampling |
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5. What was observed during an
investigation |
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6. Choice of a suitable graphical
technique |
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7. A mathematical interpretation
of data |
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8. Interpretation of collected /
given data |
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9. Drawing conclusions and
evaluating their validity |
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10. Designing investigations for
further evidence |
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The specification
p15 says: students should be able to |
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- Demonstrate they know how to gather
information from primary and secondary sources
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- know the potential sources of data to
investigate the topic
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- make maps and observations in the 'field'
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- know the advantages and disadvantages of
methods of depicting and analysing data
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- understand what the collected data shows and
be able to interpret and draw valid conclusions from the results
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- realise that conclusions may require further
research and be able to suggest further questions to be
investigated.
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Students should |
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- structure studies to answer a geographical
question
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- use maps of different scales and different
types of image
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- use the internet and search literature
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- be able to use graphs (choropleth, dot,
isoline, flow, statistical, histograms, scattergraphs, line graphs,
frequency curves, long and cross sections and pie graphs)
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- be able to read data in tables
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- understand measures of central tendency
(mean, median and mode)
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- understand Spearman's Rank Correlation
Coefficient including statistical significance
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