The Three Gorges Dam in China is a good case study to use in a question about flood management schemes
T his year, geography GCSE examinations will become more difficult: A* and A grades will only be awarded to students who do well in a range of skills. One way of making exams more demanding is to increase marks for longer questions — the section examiners call ‘extended writing’.
Instead of 6-mark answers, some exams will now contain questions of 8, 9 or even 12 marks. There will be more questions like this, meaning that extended writing will make up a greater percentage of the exam. You will have to plan carefully what you want to say, and you will need to know your stuff!
Your organisation does not have access to this article.
Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise
Subscribe
