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IGCSE Generic Mark Scheme For Coursework

The document outlines a generic mark scheme for coursework, detailing five levels of achievement from Level 5 (36-40 marks) to Level 0 (0 marks). Each level specifies criteria related to the demonstration of contextual knowledge, organization of information, understanding of key features, and the quality of arguments and conclusions. The scheme provides a clear framework for assessing candidates' performance based on their ability to effectively engage with the material and articulate their understanding.

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IGCSE Generic Mark Scheme For Coursework

The document outlines a generic mark scheme for coursework, detailing five levels of achievement from Level 5 (36-40 marks) to Level 0 (0 marks). Each level specifies criteria related to the demonstration of contextual knowledge, organization of information, understanding of key features, and the quality of arguments and conclusions. The scheme provides a clear framework for assessing candidates' performance based on their ability to effectively engage with the material and articulate their understanding.

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Generic mark scheme for coursework

Level Marks Description


Level 5 36–40
• - Candidates demonstrate and select and effectively deploy relevant and accurate contextual knowledge.

• -Candidates select a wide range of relevant information which is well organised and deployed effectively.

•_-Candidates demonstrate excellent understanding of the significance of the key features, reasons, results or
changes of societies, events, beliefs, people and situations studied with good awareness of the importance
of inter-relationships and the broad context.
_-Candidates consistently produce relevant, effective, convincing, and well-supported arguments and
judgements.
•- Candidates produce conclusions that are entirely consistent with the rest of the answer and are effectively
supported.
Level 4 27–35
• _Candidates demonstrate and select and effectively deploy mostly relevant and accurate contextual
knowledge.
• _Candidates select a range of relevant information which is generally well organised and effectively deployed.

• _Candidates demonstrate a good understanding of the significance of the key features, reasons, results or
changes of societies, events, beliefs, people and situations studied with good awareness of the broad
context.
• _Candidates demonstrate some understanding of inter-relationships in the period studied.

• _In several places, candidates produce relevant, effective, convincing and well-supported arguments and
judgements.
• _Candidates produce conclusions that are argued and supported.
Level 3 18–26
• _Candidates demonstrate and select some relevant contextual knowledge and deploy it appropriately to
address the question in several parts of the answer.
• _Candidates select and organise mostly relevant information which is sometimes deployed relevantly.

• _Candidates demonstrate a reasonable understanding of the key features, reasons, results or changes of
societies, events, beliefs, people and situations studied with some awareness of the broad context.
• _Candidates produce structured descriptions and some reasonable explanations.

• Candidates make some comparisons or links.

• _Candidates produce conclusions that are based on basic explanations with some support.
Level 2 9–17 • Candidates demonstrate some limited contextual knowledge.
• Candidates select and organise some relevant information. This is deployed relevantly on a few occasions.
• Candidates describe or narrate some relevant key features, identifying and describing some reasons,
results and changes of societies, events, beliefs, people and situations studied but with limited awareness of
the broad context.
• Candidates demonstrate some ability to structure descriptions or narratives.
• Candidates attempt some obvious comparisons or links.
• Candidates assert relevant conclusions, but these are not explained or supported.
Level 1 1–8 • Candidates demonstrate little relevant contextual knowledge.
• Candidates demonstrate limited ability to select and organise information.
• Candidates describe or narrate a few relevant key features. The work contains a little relevant information
but this is not deployed relevantly in terms of answering the question.

Level 0 0 • Candidates submit no evidence or do not address the question.

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