AS Law 2011
Chief Examiner
Professor Iwan Davies
Statistical Screening
• Purpose of screening.
• Impact of screening on the distribution
of grades and grade boundaries.
General Observations
• Larger entry than for previous series,
more centres new to WJEC coming on
board.
• Overall the standard improved
considerably from the January series.
• Some candidates did not answer the
required number of questions - still
rubric errors.
• Weaker candidates presented preprepared generic answers.
General Observations
• Some candidates ignored the stimulus
material provided in LA2.
• Generally well tackled, despite
ongoing problems with some aspects
of the specification e.g. human rights, ,
and the Supreme Court.
• General lack of legal authority and
supporting case citation.
Tackling the Specification
• The ability to answer the question
directly is very significant.
• Essay writing skills will need to be
emphasised.
• Candidates must read each question
carefully before choosing.
• Both parts of questions MUST be
attempted.
Specific Weaknesses
• Mis-reading of questions - read the
questions carefully, noting
commands.
• Clear understanding of command
words is essential and some
candidates failed to fulfil the
assessment criteria because they
failed to respond to the command
words.
Specific Weaknesses
• Time allocation; still evidence of over
and underwriting.
• Not defining key terms.
• Limited deployment of paragraphs.
• Repetition.
• Dated cases / lacking in legal
authority.
For further information, please
contact the Subject Officer at the
WJEC:
Joanna Lewis
245 Western Avenue
Cardiff
CF5 2YX
[email protected]