In the previous issue of WIDEWORLD (see Volume 21, No. 1), you were offered suggestions about how to improve your marks in examinations on answers carrying up to 4 marks. This Improve Your Grade will help you to make the most of the longer answers at GCSE, which carry 6 or 9 marks.
In these longer questions, instead of asking candidates to list or make points, examiners ask for explanations — for example, of processes (the effects of erosion on a coastline) or impacts (the effects of the building of a new dam). You may also be required to give a detailed explanation of the effects of processes upon places (such as rural–urban migration on cities in the developing world).
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