Geography 3910 考试技巧

常见错误

1. 1high涉及分数: 6Assessment Unit A2 3: Decision Making in Geography

   Candidates copy long stretches of the resource booklet into their A2 3 report almost word for word, instead of pulling out the figures they need and re-stating them in their own geographical language.

   如何避免: Read the resource once for the numbers you need, close it, then write the point in your own words with the figure attached. If a sentence in your answer could sit unchanged in the booklet, rewrite it.
2. 2high涉及分数: 5A2 1 and A2 2 essays (Part c)

   Two-part prompts, such as disaster preparation and response, or in-migration and out-migration, get answered on one side only, with the second half reduced to a single sentence.

   如何避免: Before writing, split the question into its two demands and give each one a paragraph of its own. If a question names two things, plan two blocks of roughly equal length.
3. 3high涉及分数: 8Graphical construction in A2 3

   The compulsory graph in A2 3 is drawn without a full title naming both variables, without units on the axes, or without a key, so marks are lost on a task that is otherwise straightforward.

   如何避免: Title every graph as 'variable A against variable B for [place or scenario]', label both axes with units, and add a key if more than one data set is shown. Do this before you start plotting.
4. 4medium涉及分数: 4Assessment Unit A2 3: Decision Making in Geography

   A2 3 gets written as a continuous essay instead of a report, dropping the required headings, sub-headings and the professional persona, for example independent consultant, that the question asks for.

   如何避免: Copy the exact section headings from the question paper into your answer booklet before you write anything else, and keep the persona in the first person throughout, for example 'I recommend' rather than 'it is recommended'.
5. 5high涉及分数: 6A2 1 and A2 2 extended essays

   In 18-mark essays, candidates lean on only the resource booklet or only their own case study, when the mark scheme rewards both; answers built on one source alone are capped at Level 1 or Level 2.

   如何避免: Plan each 18-mark answer with two columns before writing: one for what the resource gives you, one for your own named case study. Use both in the answer.
6. 6medium涉及分数: 3Resource-based questions across all three papers

   When a question says 'with reference to the Resource only', candidates still bring in outside case studies, on the assumption that extra knowledge is always rewarded. It is not, and it costs marks against that specific instruction.

   如何避免: Treat 'Resource only' as a hard limit. If you see that phrase, set your case study material aside and answer purely from what is printed in front of you.
7. 7medium涉及分数: 2Sustainable settlements and resources

   Carbon footprint and ecological footprint get used as if they mean the same thing. A carbon footprint is one input, the greenhouse gas emissions of an activity. An ecological footprint is the total productive land and sea area a population needs.

   如何避免: Learn the two definitions as a pair so you never write one when you mean the other, and use the correct term in sustainable settlement and resource questions.
8. 8medium涉及分数: 5Report Section C: Decision and Justification

   In the decision-making report, candidates hedge in Section C instead of naming a decision, on the assumption that a neutral conclusion looks more balanced.

   如何避免: Section C wants a stated decision, for example approve or reject the proposal, backed by a weighing of the costs and benefits you have already set out. A report with no clear decision cannot access full marks.