STARTER ACTIVITY – 5 MINUTES
READ THE 2 SAMPLE PIECES OF WORK
USE THE MARK SCHEME TO AWARD THEM A MARK
TIMESCALES
TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER – CONCLUSION
TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER – EVALUATION
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER – TYING UP LOOSE ENDS
TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER – PROOF READ/PRINT OFF/FINAL SUBMISSION
CONCLUSIONS
A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT TASK
ABOUT A PAGE (OR AS A TABLE)
LOOK AT PREVIOUS EXAMPLES
CONCLUSION
•
THEY HAVE CRITICALLY ANALYSED AND THOROUGHLY INTERPRETED THEIR EVIDENCE.
•
THEY HAVE USED THIS ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION TO DRAW AN
APPROPRIATE AND SUBSTANTIATED CONCLUSION.
YOUR CONCLUSION SHOULD HAVE...
• REGULAR REFERENCES TO SPECIFIC DATA (PAGE NUMBERS
OR DIAGRAMS) AND THE KEY QUESTIONS
• NO NEW INFORMATION – EVERYTHING IN YOUR
CONCLUSION SHOULD BE BACKED UP BY DATA IN THE
PREVIOUS SECTION
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HOW TO PRESENT YOUR CONCLUSION
YOU CAN DO THIS AS A TABLE:
Key Question
Expected
Outcome
Actual
Outcome
Reasons for
similarities/di
fferences
ONCE THE TABLE IS COMPLETE THEN WRITE A PARAGRAPH (NO MORE THAN
500 WORDS) TO ANSWER THE OVERALL INVESTIGATION TITLE:
‘EXPLAIN HOW COASTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES USED IN YOUR
CHOSEN AREA HAVE TAKEN CONFLICTING VIEWS INTO ACCOUNT.’
TEACHER ASSISTANCE FOR THIS SECTION WILL BE ZERO ONCE I HAVE
INTRODUCED THE CHAPTER
HOW TO START
THE TITLE OF MY STUDY WAS ……
I HAVE ANSWERED THIS BY DIVIDING THE MAIN QUESTION INTO
A NUMBER OF KEY QUESTIONS
• THE FIRST ONE OF THESE IS ……………
• I FOUND THAT ………. AS SHOWN ON THE
GRAPH/MAP/PHOTO SUGGESTS THAT …..
• THE SECOND KEY QUESTION WAS ….
• AFTER YOU HAVE DRAWN A CONCLUSION FOR EACH OF YOUR KEY
QUESTIONS YOU THEN GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MAIN QUESTION
• THEREFORE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE FROM THE KEY QUESTIONS, I
CONCLUDE THAT THE SEA DEFENCES ARE/ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN ST
OUEN’S BAY.
• IF YOU AGREE GIVE 4/5 BULLET POINTS SAYING WHY
• IF YOU DISAGREE BRING IN SOME REASONS
• WHAT EVER YOUR CONCLUSIONS ARE THEY MUST BE BACKED UP WITH
EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IN YOUR STUDY –
MAPS/GRAPHS/PHOTOS/WRITING
• ARE THE RESULTS FROM YOUR KEY QUESTIONS WHAT YOU EXPECTED
FROM THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES WHICH YOU GAVE IN SETTING THE
SCENE?
TIMESCALES
TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER – CONCLUSION
TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER – EVALUATION
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER – TYING UP LOOSE ENDS
TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER – PROOF READ/PRINT OFF/FINAL SUBMISSION
EVALUATION
DO AS A TABLE
LOOK AT PREVIOUS EXAMPLES
MARK SCHEME
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
• THEY HAVE MADE AN OVERALL
EVALUATION OF THE SUCCESS AND
USEFULNESS OF THEIR ENQUIRY.
•
• THEY HAVE SUGGESTED SOME
POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS TO THEIR
ENQUIRY.
• THEY HAVE ANALYSED THOROUGHLY
THE RANGE OF LIMITATIONS TO THEIR
ENQUIRY.
• THEY HAVE SUGGESTED SOME
PLAUSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND
EXTENSIONS TO THEIR ENQUIRY.
• THEY HAVE MADE REASONED
SUGGESTIONS FOR POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO
THEIR ENQUIRY.
THEY HAVE MADE A CRITICAL
EVALUATION OF THE SUCCESS AND
USEFULNESS OF THEIR ENQUIRY.
WHAT TO EVALUATE
THE METHODS USED TO COLLECT DATA
WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS?
• DID YOU MEASURE ACCURATELY?
• DID THE WIND PLAY A ROLE WHEN MEASURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE SEA WALL
• ETC
• SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS MAY BE IN YOUR
METHODOLOGY TABLE
• SUGGEST SOLUTIONS TO ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS
HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS YOUR STUDY?
IF YOU WERE TO DO THE STUDY AGAIN WHAT WOULD YOU IMPROVE?
WHAT WERE THE BEST TECHNIQUES YOU USED?
WHAT TECHNIQUES DID NOT HELP YOU MUCH IN DETERMINING WHAT
PROCESSES TOOK PLACE ON THE BEACH?
HOW USEFUL DO YOU THINK THE STUDY WAS?
DID IT IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF COASTAL GEOGRAPHY?
EVALUATE THE
RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS
• WOULD SOMEONE COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSIONS AS YOU DID?
• HOW ACCURATE DO YOU THINK THE RESULTS WERE?
• WERE THE RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER (YOU HURRIED TOO
MUCH)?
• LINK BACK TO KEY QUESTIONS – HAVE YOU PROVED THEM?
ANYTHING ELSE?
• ADD ANYTHING ABOUT THE FIELD TRIP THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE
RELEVANT
EVALUATION
“THEY HAVE MADE A CRITICAL EVALUATION WITH LIMITATIONS,
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND AN EXTENSION TO THEIR ENQUIRY
SUGGESTED.”
Limitations
Solutions
COLLECTING THE DATA
E.G. THE WEATHER
A criticism of your write up?
E.G LACK OF SECONDARY SOURCES
A problem with finding reliable information on the
internet.
Time management?
E.g. I spent too long on the ‘Setting the Scene’…
ADD A SHORT PARAGRAPH UNDER THE TAABLE TO INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:
THIS ENQUIRY WAS USEFUL BECAUSE…
MY RESULTS WERE ACCURATE BECAUSE….
I COULD EXTEND THIS ENQUIRY FURTHER BY…
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EVALUATION
EXTENSION TO THE ENQUIRY:
SUGGEST SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT THAT COULD BE
DONE, GIVEN A LONGER TIME SCALE, TO INVESTIGATE
THIS ISSUE MORE THOROUGHLY.
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