External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

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Leaving Certificate: GEOGRAPHY HL 2008
Assessment
G.I. (Field work)
G.I. to be completed and written up by April of 6 th Yr. Booklets are sent to the school and are
given to the student to be written up, usually in the school, but can be done in their own time
outside school. The teacher and student must sign that the work has been done by the
student. The finished work is kept in the school and placed in a double sided plastic folder,
together with the students written exam paper in June. Both are marked by the same
Examiner.
There is a list of approx 5 topics to choose from. This is decided by the teacher (and
sometimes the pupils) of the class. The total mark is 100m.
The booklet is divided up as follows:
Introduction/ Aims; 5m (4 pts at 1m ea plus an O.C of 1m).
Planning: 5m (4 pts at 1m ea plus an O.C. of 1m).
Gathering of data; 40m. Here 2 different methods of gathering are required e.g. measuring,
observing, recording etc. Each method can merit 9 SRPs (pts) at 2m ea. The other 4m is an
overall O.C. mark.
Results, Conclusions and Evaluations; 30m. The answer requires 4 results, 4 conclusions and
4 evaluations at 2m ea. Plus an overall impression mark, O.C. 6m.
Organisation and Presentation of results; 20m. Two different charts are required, each worth
8m plus an O.C of 4m. Depending on the type of charts drawn, an e.g. of the marking would
be ; Title 2m, Axis 2m, 2 correct bars 2m plus 2m.
Written Paper
Time allowance 2 hrs and 50 min.
Total mark possible; 400m. (The written paper plus G.I is worth 500m).
There are 2 parts to the exam.
Part 1.Short answer Qs
The student must attempt 10 out of 12 short answer Qs at 8m ea. Most are divided into 2 or 4
parts. Topics are from the Core content of the course. They are answered IN the booklet.
Examples of Qs e.g.
a diagram with the 4 items shown to be named,
4 groups of answers, with the correct on in each line to be circled,
matching 2 columns with 4 items in each column,
Land use and location on an aerial photograph, etc.
Total mark; 80m.
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