OCR GCSE (9-1)Ancient History J198/01: Greece and
Persia General Certificate of Secondary Education
Mark Scheme for June 2024
GCSE (9-1)
Ancient History
J198/01: Greece and Persia
General Certificate of Secondary Education
Mark Scheme for June 2024
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examination. It shows the basis on which marks were awarded by examiners. It does not indicate the
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candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills
demonstrated.
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examination.
MARKING INSTRUCTIONS
PREPARATION FOR
MARKINGRM ASSESSOR
Make sure that you have accessed and completed the relevant training packages for on-screen marking: RM Assessor Assessor OnlineTraining; OCR
Essential Guide to Marking.
Make sure that you have read and understood the mark scheme and the question paper for this unit. These are posted on the RM CambridgeAssessment
Support Portal
Log-in to RM Assessor and mark the required number of practice responses (“scripts”) and the number of required standardisationresponses.
YOU MUST MARK 10 PRACTICE AND 10 STANDARDISATION RESPONSES BEFORE YOU CAN BE APPROVED TO MARK LIVESCRIPTS.
MARKING
Mark strictly to the mark scheme.
Marks awarded must relate directly to the marking criteria.
The schedule of dates is very important. It is essential that you meet the RM Assessor 50% and 100% (traditional 40% Batch 1 and 100%Batch 2)
deadlines. If you experience problems, you must contact your Team Leader (Supervisor) without delay.
If you are in any doubt about applying the mark scheme, consult your Team Leader by telephone or the RM Assessor messaging system, or byemail.
Crossed Out Responses
Where a candidate has crossed out a response and provided a clear alternative then the crossed out response is not marked. Where no alternative response
has been provided, examiners may give candidates the benefit of the doubt and mark the crossed out response wherelegible.
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, J198/01 Mark Scheme June 2024
Rubric Error Responses – Optional Questions
Where candidates have a choice of question across a whole paper or a whole section and have provided more answers than required, then allresponses are
marked and the highest mark allowable within the rubric is given. Enter a mark for each question answered into RM assessor, which will select the highest
mark from those awarded. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate has penalised themselves by attempting more questions than necessary in the
time allowed.)
Contradictory Responses
When a candidate provides contradictory responses, then no mark should be awarded, even if one of the answers is correct. This applies toshort answer/ low
tariff questions only.
Short Answer Questions (requiring only a list by way of a response, usually worth only one mark per response)
Where candidates are required to provide a set number of short answer responses then only the set number of responses should be marked. The response
space should be marked from left to right on each line and then line by line until the required number of responses have been considered. The remaining
responses should not then be marked. Examiners will have to apply judgement as to whether a ‘second response’ on a line is a development of the ‘first
response’, rather than a separate, discrete response. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate isattempting to hedge their bets and therefore getting
undue benefit rather than engaging with the question and giving the most relevant/correct responses.)
Short Answer Questions (requiring a more developed response, worth two or more marks)
If the candidates are required to provide a description of, say, three items or factors and four items or factors are provided, then mark on a similar basis –
that is downwards (as it is unlikely in this situation that a candidate will provide more than one response in each section of theresponse space.)
Longer Answer Questions (requiring a developed response)
Where candidates have provided two (or more) responses to a medium or high tariff question which only required a single (developed) response and not
crossed out the first response, then only the first response should be marked. Examiners will need to apply professional judgement as to whether the second
(or a subsequent) response is a ‘new start’ or simply a poorly expressed continuation of the first response.
Always check the pages (and additional objects if present) at the end of the response in case any answers have been continued there. If thecandidate has
continued an answer there, then add a tick to confirm that the work has been seen.
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