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June 2012 exams update:
Exam tips – how students can make best use of answer books

June 2012 D&T: Electronic Prod

Unit code	Title	Numbering system	Type of answer book	No pp	Provided by student
45401	Written Paper	Conventional	Combined	n/a	black pen, pencil, ruler, pencil sharpener

General advice

Students should:

• read all instructions on the front cover and at the start of each section of the question paper
• read each question carefully before responding, especially where there are optional question(s)
• remember that questions can appear on all pages of a question paper, including the final page.

Combined question paper answer books

Students should look at the number of marks and the line space allocated to each question and write answers of an appropriate length.

If a student needs more space to answer a question, they must:
either use the white space immediately beneath the lined answer space and before the start of the next question
or ask for an AQA four-page Supplementary answer book.

They should not:

• use the answer space for a different question
• write in the margin
• respond elsewhere in the answer book.

Separate answer books and the two-digit numbering system

Students worked well with the two-digit numbering system and separate answer books in 2011 exams; thank you for ensuring that the guidance was applied successfully. We have updated our guides for students, teachers and exams officers / invigilators to reflect the general advice given above.

Further information

A reminder: question paper style and marking answers on screen
Exams with separate question papers and answer books (unconstrained answer books) will use:

• our simplified, two-digit question numbering system
• answer books with spaces for students to write the two-digit question numbers.

For additional guidance see:

• Teacher Guide (revised)
• Exams officer and invigilator Guide (revised)
• Student Guide (revised)

Question papers and mark schemes:

• Summer 2011 materials are available to schools / colleges in the Secure Key Materials area of e-AQA
• Specimen materials are available from the subject pages of aqa.org.uk

Examples of students' work:

• Good practice
• Areas for improvement

AQA Research team papers:

Marking answers on screen

• Reliability of on-screen marking of essays
• A concurrent approach to estimating the reliability of electronic marking of long form answers
• Using the Think Aloud Method to investigate electronic marking of long form answers
• The impact of e-marking on Enquiries After Results 2006/2007
• The impact of e-marking on Enquiries After Results 2005/2006

New AQA Numbering System

• Nested Numbering

Archive

• Exams Officer questionnaire feedback
• Exams Officer questionnaire

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GCSE D&T: Electronic Products Feedback Materials now available to download

The materials from the autumn teacher feedback meetings on the summer 2011 GCSEs are now available to download.

These can be found in e-AQA in the Secure Key Materials section under the Teacher Support tab.

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Changes to GCSEs

GCSEs are changing from modular to linear assessment, in line with Government policy.

• Our specifications have been amended and submitted to Ofqual for review and re-accreditation and will be added to the website as soon as we have them back.
• If yours is not yet published, please check back soon or subscribe to our RSS feed to find out when new specs are added.

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Notes for centres on the use of Preliminary Materials (4500/TN)

The above document will NOT be issued as a hard copy but will instead be placed on the Secure Key Materials area of e-AQA. Preliminary Materials will be despatched as usual in hard copy to arrive in centres by 1 February 2011. They will be placed on the website on 1 March 2011

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Secure Key Materials

Secure Key Materials is a new e-AQA service which replaces Recent Exam Materials from 1 September. It provides teachers and Exams Officers with exclusive access to a bank of exam-related material that is:

• secure
• easy to navigate
• quick to use
• intuitive, based on the design of our website.

Please read our new leaflet and look at the following demo to find out more about this new service.

To obtain an e-AQA account and access to Secure Key Materials, please register at e-AQA. For more information about the materials published on Secure Key Materials, please don't hesitate to contact the Subject team.

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June 2010 examination

The Preliminary Material (45401/PM) for the new specification Design & Technology: Electronic Products (45401) is available to be issued to candidates from 1 March 2010.

Policy on web publication of preliminary and pre-release material

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Missing text in the specification
(Examinations Update 3)