Eduqas GCSE Art and Design the four assessment objectives overview quiz quiz

Three, weighted differently

Four, each worth 25 percent of the GCSE

Five, with AO1 worth most

Two, split 60/40

A neat final piece

Developing ideas through investigations and demonstrating critical understanding of sources

Working only from photographs

Using as many materials as possible

There is none

Collecting pins up images; critical understanding weighs a source and turns it into a decision

Critical understanding means copying accurately

Collecting sources scores higher

Draw and paint

Explore (experiment with appropriate media) and refine (review, select and improve a process)

Plan and present

Record and evaluate

Random media are banned

The mark is for choosing media that serve the idea, not for using many materials

Appropriate media are cheaper

Only paint is appropriate

Copying online images neatly

First-hand recording from direct observation, relevant to the intention

Writing the evaluation

Mounting the final piece

It is faster

Direct observation captures three dimensions, real light and your own selection, which AO3 rewards

Found photographs are always low quality

It uses more paper

Size, colour and neatness

Realising the developed intention, a personal and meaningful response, and demonstrating visual language

Speed, finish and framing

Copying an artist accurately

It is too neat

AO4 rewards realising the developed intention; a disconnected piece realises no investigated intention

It uses the wrong colours

Disconnected outcomes are not allowed

100 marks, all in one component

120 marks: 72 Portfolio (60 percent) and 48 set assignment (40 percent)

200 marks split evenly

48 marks, set assignment only

An Eduqas examiner marks every script

The centre marks it against the Eduqas bands holistically, then Eduqas externally moderates a sample

Students mark their own work

There is no marking, only feedback

Pages are not allowed

Marking is holistic and best-fit, so the marks reward the qualities the descriptors name, not the amount of work

More pages always score higher

Descriptors only apply to AO1