GCSE sample answers - education

An exercise looking at, and marking, sample 5 mark answers to help develop an understanding of the marking criteria at GCSE.

Remember to take the marks out when giving to students!

5_mark_sample_answers_teacher_version.docx

Interviews

For those wanting a more humorous way into discussing the weaknesses of interviews as a method of research, this letter by Mark Twain might prove useful.

Parenting the French way

A fascinating article about cross-cultural differences in parenting.  It would make a great resource for discussing the question of ‘child-centred’ families.

Population statistics

I’ve seen a number of interesting stories and programmes exploring ideas relating to population levels.  The most recent was this morning on the BBC, asking if the number of people alive today (about 7 billion) outnumbers the number of people that have ever lived on earth.  Most of these debates centre on the fear that at some point there will be too many people for the world to handle.

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