Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry MA11 考試技巧
CCEA AS Sports Science: how the single 100-mark, 120-minute paper on the active leisure industry actually marks 3-mark structured answers and the two QWC essays, and the specific context and vocabulary that separates a full-mark response from a vague one.
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試卷概覽
卷數
1
總分
100
考試時間
2小時
題型
8
試卷
時間
分數
題數
比重
題型
AS 2: The Active Leisure Industry
2小時
100
5
100%
Structured short-answer and explanation, Extended QWC essay
評級
ABCDE
計算機規定
No subject-specific calculator restriction is stated beyond the general CCEA and JCQ rules: a calculator is permitted for the occasional numeric figure this paper asks for, such as a percentage of one-repetition maximum, a heart-rate zone, or a BMI or energy-balance value, but it must not have any retrievable information stored in it and must not offer symbolic algebra manipulation, language translation, or communication with other machines or the internet.
AO1: AO1: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of sports science and the active leisure industry. (25%)
AO2: AO2: apply knowledge, understanding and skills through different contexts appropriate to sports science and the active leisure industry. (44%)
AO3: AO3: analyse and evaluate evidence to make reasoned and valid judgments about issues in sports science and the active leisure industry. (31%)
用途: Convert a stated training load into a percentage of an athlete's one-repetition maximum for FITT and training-intensity questions.
使用時機: Questions asking you to set or justify a training intensity using percentage of one-repetition maximum.
步驟
Divide the working weight given in the question by the athlete's one-repetition maximum, multiply by 100, and quote the result as a percentage.
考試提示: This is a live calculation on numbers given in the exam, not a stored program. CCEA and JCQ ban any retrievable stored information.
Heart-rate training zone
Any CCEA-permitted scientific calculator
用途: Work out a training zone as a percentage of an athlete's maximum or working heart rate.
使用時機: Questions on justifying exercise intensity using energy or heart-rate zones.
步驟
Multiply the given maximum or working heart rate by the target percentage stated in the question, and quote the resulting heart rate in beats per minute.
考試提示: Clear the calculator's memory before the exam, this calculation uses only the figures printed in the question.
BMI and energy balance arithmetic
Any CCEA-permitted scientific calculator
用途: Calculate BMI or an energy balance figure from mass, height or intake and expenditure values given in the question.
使用時機: Weight management and obesity questions within the lifestyle and health topic.
步驟
Divide mass in kilograms by height in metres squared for BMI, or subtract expenditure from intake for energy balance, working each conversion as its own line before the final calculation.
考試提示: Perform this calculation live from the numbers on the paper, a stored formula or note is not permitted.
常見錯誤
1high涉及分數: 3Exam technique, structured answers
Giving a brief identification or one-word answer in 3-mark questions that need an analytical link to physiological adaptation, rather than two separate development points.
如何避免: Structure every 3-mark answer as one identification point plus two distinct development points, not a single sentence.
2high涉及分數: 2Components of fitness, training principles
Explaining components of fitness or training principles generically, without applying them to the specific sport or athlete named in the question.
如何避免: Answer inside the sporting context given, name the specific movement or demand the component or principle supports for that athlete.
3medium涉及分數: 3Nutrition, carbohydrate loading
Describing carbohydrate loading vaguely, without referring to liver and muscle glycogen storage or the 24 to 72 hour tapering window before competition.
如何避免: Name the mechanism, glycogen storage in liver and muscle, and state the specific tapering timeframe rather than saying loading happens shortly before competing.
4medium涉及分數: 3Lifestyle and health, hypokinetic disease
Explaining hypokinetic disease prevention in vague terms such as 'it makes you healthy' instead of the specific physiological mechanism.
如何避免: Name the mechanism directly: HDL and LDL cholesterol regulation, bone mineral density accretion, or improved insulin sensitivity, matched to the disease in the question.
5medium涉及分數: 2Nutrition, hydration
Describing isotonic drinks as simply replacing water, omitting electrolyte replacement and blood glucose or osmolality maintenance.
如何避免: State that isotonic drinks replace sodium and potassium alongside water, and maintain blood glucose and plasma osmolality within the normal range.
6high涉及分數: 4QWC, extended response
Writing extended Quality of Written Communication answers as bullet-point lists rather than coherent paragraphs, or omitting the specific name of a government health initiative.
如何避免: Write continuous paragraphs organised by theme, and name the actual scheme, its slogan and its specific targets, such as the five 80g portions in 5 A Day.
7medium涉及分數: 3QWC, balanced argument
Writing one-sided essays on participation barriers or technology in sport, covering only historical obstacles or only benefits without the counterpoint.
如何避免: Plan both sides of the argument before writing, historical barriers alongside modern commercial and institutional progress, or benefits alongside limitations.
8medium涉及分數: 2Training methods, warm-up and cool-down
Confusing the physiological roles of warm-up and cool-down, treating them as the same general preparation and recovery process.
如何避免: State warm-up's role, raising core temperature and preparing body systems through dynamic stretching, separately from cool-down's role, preventing blood pooling and reducing delayed onset muscle soreness.