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School code Name of school

Candidate number Candidate name

Student A

Commentarynumber

Datearticle

published

Datecommentary

written

Dierent andappropriate

source

Section of thesyllabus the article

relates to

Numberof words

A1 21/05/2008

22/05/2008 2 717

A2 30/10/2008

1/11/2008 3 675

A3 20/11/2008

9/12/2008 4 697

Eample A!" #Ban$ voted %&! to maintain rates'

(oderator comments

Criterion A B C D E )otal

Marks available 3 2 2 3 4 14

Marks awarded 3 2 2 2 3 12

The section o the s!llab"s e#a$%le A1 a%%ro%riatel! relates to is section 2&

Nature of the article

The article was %"blished within one !ear o when the co$$entar! was written' and the so"rce is

acce%table and ver! co$$on( the )ritish )roadcastin* +or%oration ,))+-&

The article is short' and not overl! ins%irin*' b"t it allows the st"dent to anal!se an econo$ic iss"e'

and has a de*ree o a$bi*"it! that can be disc"ssed in the co$$entar!& The article co"ld becritici.ed or containin* a si*nicant a$o"nt o econo$ics' b"t the theories all"ded to in the article

are not develo%ed or e#%lained&

Criterion A" Dia*rams

The two dia*ra$s are both relevant and e#%lained& The! are also correctl! labelled& owever' the

e#%lanations lack so$e detail and are best described as correct and ade"ate& The second dia*ra$

does not reall! e#%lain how an increase in AA1 ,lon*r"n a**re*ate s"%%l! c"rve- wo"ld

lead to lower %rices and econo$ic *rowth& t is a "d*$ent call whether the e#%lanation is li$ited:

or "ll:' that is to sa!' whether at level 2 or 3& ;n balance the best t: is level 3' b"t this is

borderline&

Criterion B" )erminolo*y


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This is stron* thro"*ho"t& The st"dent "nderstands' and can "se' the ter$inolo*! o econo$ics&

Criterion C" Application

The anal!sis is linked to the article' and the idea o interest rate chan*es and their e


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tron* thro"*ho"t& At the level re"ired or "ll $arks or this criterion&


Thro"*ho"t this co$$entar! it is clear the st"dent is alwa!s anal!sin* the article&

Criterion D" Analysis

The anal!sis o the article is e


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This is on the borderline between levels 2 and 3& The e#%lanation o the rst dia*ra$ is stron*' b"t

the second one is weaker with no real e#%lanation& the second dia*ra$ had been better

e#%lained ,as it co"ld have easil! been $ade relevant-' then it wo"ld have been a level 3&


elevant econo$ic ter$s and conce%ts are "sed e#tensivel! in this co$$entar!&


Ater the introd"ction the co$$entar! $i*ht have develo%ed the conce%t o reetrade alon* ree

trade lines ,with %erha%s a reection o %rotectionis$ and %raise o co$%etitive advanta*e- and

$oved to e$%hasi.e the conce%ts in develo%$ent& The theor! co"ld have been $ore oc"sed on

%roble$s o develo%$ent and there was a $inor error concernin* the diC- in increases o

de$and and s"**ests *ross national %rod"ct ,?D- as %erha%s a $ore a%%ro%riate $eas"re when

"d*in* the i$%act o the reetrade a*ree$ent& There is a sli*ht con"sion on the st"dentHs %art

between *ross do$estic %rod"ct ,?CD- and ?D& The likelihood o e$%lo!in* locals in e#ec"tive

%ositions is also considered' and the ne*ative e


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Marks o"t o 3 ,criterion E- 3/3 All ve r"bric re"ire$ents are $et

(ar$s out of !: 3 12 K 14 K 12 L 38

)otal mar$s 38 K 3 L 41/45

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