OCR A2 Geography Student Unit Guide: Unit F764 Geographical Skills

Summary:
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There are three sections to each guide:

Introduction – includes advice on how to use the guide, an explanation of the skills being tested by the assessment objectives, an outline of the unit or module and, depending on the unit, suggestions for how to revise effectively and prepare for the examination questions.

Content Guidance – provides an examiner’s overview of the module’s key terms and concepts and identifies opportunities to exhibit the skills required by the unit. It is designed to help students to structure their revision and make them aware of the concepts they need to understand the exam and how they might analyse and evaluate topics.

Question and Answers – sample questions and with graded answers which have been carefully written to reflect the style of the unit. All responses are accompanied by commentaries which highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, giving students an insight into the mind of the examiner.

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• Features specimen questions and answers, together with examiner's comments
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
Assessment
Examination skills
Content Guidance
About this section
Stage 1: Identifying a suitable geographical question or hypothesis for investigation
Stage 2: Developing a plan and strategy for conducting an investigation
Stage 3: Collecting and recording data appropriate to a geographical question or hypothesis
Stage 4: Presenting data in geographical investigations
Stage 5: Analysing and interpreting data in geographical investigations
Stage 6: Summarising the findings and evaluating the methodology of an investigation
Questions & Answers
About this section
Section A: structured questions
Q1 Data presentation and data analysis
Q2 Data presentation, statistical significance and sampling
Q3 Statistical mapping methods
Section B: extended writing questions
Q4 Sampling methods in geographical investigation
Q5 Analytical techniques in geographical investigation

About the Author(s):
Michael Raw is Head of Geography at Bradford Grammar School, a senior examiner, and the author of numerous AS and A-level publications.