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Assessment and the making process: how CCEA GCSE Contemporary Crafts is marked

Quick questions on The design and making process - CCEA GCSE Contemporary Crafts

6short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.

What is design and develop?
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Investigate sources, including craftworkers and designers, analyse them, and grow your own design ideas from them, sketching possible directions and considering materials.
What is experiment and refine?
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Explore and test materials, techniques and processes, then review and improve the most promising ideas, selecting the strongest.
What is make and realise?
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Produce a finished craft outcome that resolves your intentions and shows skilful control of your chosen material, then evaluate it.
What is q1?
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Name the four stages of the design and making process and the objective each mainly evidences. [4 marks]
What is q2?
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Why does first-hand recording and material testing score more highly than copying internet images? [2 marks]
What is q3?
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What does it mean to refine, as opposed to simply trying a material once? [2 marks]

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