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Assessment and the making process: how CCEA GCSE Contemporary Crafts is marked
Quick questions on The four assessment objectives - CCEA GCSE Contemporary Crafts
7short 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 aO2 refine?Show answer
Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate materials, techniques and processes.
What is aO3 record?Show answer
Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses, for example through drawing, photography, material samples and annotation.
What is aO4 realise?Show answer
Realise a personal and meaningful response: a finished craft outcome that meets your intentions and shows control of your chosen material and process.
What is model planning sentence?Show answer
"My project on coastal forms starts with observational drawings of shells and photographs of weathered driftwood, plus clay and slip samples (AO3 record), moves into research on a ceramicist whose surface textures I analyse and respond to (AO1 develop), then tests the same form in coiled clay, slab-built clay and mixed media before refining the most expressive into a small vessel design (AO2 refine), and ends with a glazed ceramic vessel that realises my intention to capture eroded, layered surfaces and shows control of coiling, joining and glazing (AO4 realise)." This scores well because each objective is named, evidenced and connected to the others.
What is q1?Show answer
Name the four assessment objectives and the one-word summary of each. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What fraction of the marks for a component does the final made piece roughly carry, and why? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Give one piece of evidence you would include for AO1 and one for AO3. [2 marks]
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