Paper 1: Extended Responses (OCR GCSE Business)

Paper 1 contains one 7-mark evaluate or discuss question

This question requires you to demonstrate skills of application, analysis and evaluation

• Application is awarded for making correct points that relate specifically to the context

• Analysis is awarded for logical chains of reasoning

  • Chains should begin with an appropriate point and, through a series of steps, arrive at an impact

• Evaluation requires a supported judgement to be made, within the context of a particular business

Two marks are available for application, two for analysis and three for evaluation

Examiners assess your answer as a whole, using an assessment grid that looks like this:

The following response achieves full marks, as it demonstrates all of the required skills:

Paper 1 contains one 9-mark discuss or evaluate question

This question requires you to demonstrate skills of knowledge and understanding, application, analysis and evaluation

• Knowledge is demonstrated through definitions of key terms

• Understanding is demonstrated by making correct points

• Application is awarded for using data to support understanding, analysis and evaluation

  • This may include simple calculations

• Analysis is awarded for logical chains of reasoning

  • Chains should begin with an appropriate point and, through a series of steps, arrive at an impact

• Evaluation requires a supported judgement to be made, within the context of a particular business

One mark is available for knowledge, one for understanding, two for application, two for analysis and three for evaluation

Examiners assess your answer as a whole, using an assessment grid that looks like this:

The following response achieves full marks, as it demonstrates all of the required skills: