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A-Level Economics Exam Tips

The document provides tips for answering multiple choice, data response, and longer answer questions on the Edexcel A-Level Economics exam. It advises students to always provide an answer for multiple choice questions even if unsure, and to show working for calculations. For data response questions, students should include all required points and refer to the data. Longer answers should make several explained points and include evaluation by considering alternative perspectives. The key is to read the question carefully and answer what is being asked.

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A-Level Economics Exam Tips

The document provides tips for answering multiple choice, data response, and longer answer questions on the Edexcel A-Level Economics exam. It advises students to always provide an answer for multiple choice questions even if unsure, and to show working for calculations. For data response questions, students should include all required points and refer to the data. Longer answers should make several explained points and include evaluation by considering alternative perspectives. The key is to read the question carefully and answer what is being asked.

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Edexcel A-Level Economics Unit 1 Exam Technique

Multiple-Choice Questions ALWAYS put an answer down- youve got a 1 in 4 chance of being right! Even if you get the answer wrong, you can still receive marks for your explanation- so always write something RELEVANT to the question Include DEFINITIONS when appropriate In diagram questions, always mention the diagram in your answer- e.g. supply increases from S1 to S2, rather than simply supply increases. Relate your answer to the question- if it talks about the market for beef, ensure you do too Where calculations are required, show ALL your working out In questions talking about substitute & complementary goods, you need to define and make use of the concept of cross elasticity of demand

Data-Response Questions If a question asks for two points, ensure you include 2, otherwise youre limiting yourself to half the marks If a question asks you to refer to the data then dont forget to do so When drawing diagrams, ensure theyre fully labelled- both axes and lines Ensure all your answer is contained within the appropriate spaces on the exam booklet, including any diagrams you draw- your paper will be scanned in and then separated out into each question automatically Do not make reference to an answer you made on a different question- theyre all marked separately, and probably not even by the same examiner Ensure each point you make, whether its explanation or evaluation, is detailed enough to earn you the full marks- youll only get 1 for stating a point, then therell be 2 or 3 supplementary marks for expanding on the point youve made In a longer question, you need to be making several points to earn the full markse.g. on a 12-mark question from the specimen paper you needed to make 3 explanation points (KAA) and then 2 or 3 evaluation points to earn full marks Evaluation: Evaluate, Assess, Discuss, To what extent, & Examine are all evaluative words. When you see these in a question you need to immediately consider the evaluation involved. You need to be considering both sides of an argument and criticising the points you make. E.g. if you are talking about the introduction of congestion charging then you might make the point that it should increase the cost of driving in congested areas, and so discourage people from driving into, say, central London. You could then go on to EVALUATE this point by saying: However, peoples elasticity of demand for vehicular access to central London may be very inelastic and so the introduction of a congestion charge may make little difference to the number of vehicles travelling into the city centre and thus do little to reduce congestion Make a point and then criticise it!!

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