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All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Activity 1: How well do you know your AOs?\u003Cbr>•\u003Cbr>• Example 1 shows a selection of questions from the 2022 Combined Science: Synergy 1F paper.\u003Cbr>For each individual item, note which assessment objective you think it is addressing:\u003Cbr>o AO1\u003Cbr>o AO2\u003Cbr>o AO3 |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 3 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n3  \n\n| Activity 1 feedback |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Item AO Reason for allocation 5.1 AO1 Recall from the specification about sexually transmitted diseases 5.2 AO2 Students apply maths skills to plot a bar chart 5.3 AO3 Students interpret information from the bar chart to draw a conclusion 5.4 AO2 Students apply maths skill to calculate 7.1 AO1 Recall from the specification on atomic structure 7.3 AO1 Recall of knowledge about radioactive decay 7.5 AO2 Students apply maths skill of understanding ratios 7.6 AO3 Students interpret the diagram to make a judgement |  |  |\n| 4 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Differentiating between AO1, AO2 and AO3\u003Cbr>• If a student can answer a question by adapting information already in their • memory, then it’s an AO1 question.\u003Cbr>If the student must obtain some new information from the question, for example a description of a novel context, some numbers or data from a graph, then it’s an AO2 question. • If the student must analyse information, for instance to interpret, evaluate, make a judgement or draw a conclusion, then it’s an AO3 question. |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 5 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n5  \nRevisiting AO2  \n• What is AO2? Revisiting the Ofqual guidance  \n• Identifying AO2 questions in assessments  \n• Different levels of demand  \n• Tackling unfamiliar contexts  \n6  \nCopyright © 2022 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n| Ofqual requirements for AO2\u003Cbr>•\u003Cbr>•\u003Cbr>• Students must apply knowledge and understanding to provide meaning or explain something.\u003Cbr>Application must relate primarily to:\u003Cbr>o novel situations not clearly indicated in the specification (that means unfamiliar contexts)\u003Cbr>o developing an idea from the specification beyond the basic knowledge o making links between different areas of knowledge.\u003Cbr>Two strands:\u003Cbr>o scientific ideas assess subject content and includes some maths skills, working scientifically and models\u003Cbr>o scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures means practical skills and some more maths skills in practical contexts. ‘Encompasses but is broader than’ means contexts other than just those of the Required practicals. |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 7 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n7  \n\n| Activity 2: Identifying the strands of AO2\u003Cbr>• Look at Example 2, which shows a selection of AO2 questions from the 2022 Combined Science: Synergy 2F paper. • For each question, can you identify which strand it assesses?\u003Cbr>o Strand 1: scientific ideas (2/1) or\u003Cbr>o Strand 2: scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures (2/2)? |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 8 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Activity 2 feedback |\n| --- |\n| Item AO2 strand Reason for allocation 1.6 AO2/1 Students apply knowledge that blood glucose levels rise a short time after food is ingested and is being digested 2.5 AO2/1 The equation is given in the specification so, although this is a low demand question and students are given the equation, it counts as AO2/1 4.6 AO2/2 When drawing a line of best fit (LOBF) where there are no anomalous points, this counts as AO2/2 . 7.1 AO2/1 Students apply knowledge that for a recessive allele to be expressed there must be two copies of it\u003Cbr>|\n\n9  \n\n| Assessing AO2 in relation to maths skills |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • Most maths skills assess AO2, ","cbCaicfHjt2aXZVV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicfHjt2aXZVV","pdf",682284,13,"English","# Welcome\n## Activity 1: How well do you know your AOs?\n## Differentiating between AO1, AO2 and AO3\n## Revisiting AO2\n## Ofqual requirements for AO2\n## Activity 2: Identifying the strands of AO2\n## Assessing AO2 in relation to maths skills\n## Assessing AO2 in relation to practical skills","[{\"question\":\"How do you differentiate AO1, AO2, and AO3 in an assessment question?\",\"answer\":\"AO1 is answering by adapting information already in memory. 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