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ECONOMICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

ECONOMICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT. INTEGRAL PART OF THE COURSE ENABLES CANDIDATES TO DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS

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ECONOMICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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• INTEGRAL PART OF THE COURSE

• ENABLES CANDIDATES TO DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS

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OTHER ADVANTAGES

• UP-TO-DATE SITUATIONS

• REWARDS ENTHUSIASM AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE LEARNING PROCESS

• MOTIVATING FACTOR

• ENABLES TO FOLLOW ASPECTS IN WHICH CANDIDATES HAVE INTEREST

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REQUIREMENTS

• FOUR COMMENTARIES

• 650-750 WORDS EACH

• BASED ON PUBLISHED EXTRACTS FROM DIFFERENT NEWS MEDIA

(NEWSPAPER, JOURNAL, WEB BUT NOT TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS)

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CONTENT

EACH COMMENTARY MUST :• EXPLAIN THE LINKAGES BETWEEN

THE EXTRACT AND AN ECONOMIC THEORY TAKEN FROM THE SYLLABUS

• DEMONSTRATE ECONOMIC INSIGHTS INTO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXTRACT (SHOW ABILITY TO EVALUATE CURRENT EVENTS)

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FOCUS

• 3 OUT OF THE 4 COMMENTARIES MUST HAVE AS THEIR MAIN FOCUS A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE SYLLABUS

• THE 4TH COMMENTARY CAN FOCUS EITHER ON A SINGLE SECTION OR CAN FOCUS ON TWO OR MORE SECTIONS OF THE SYLLABUS

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SOURCES

• FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES

• CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE COURSE : CURRENT EVENTS

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INDIVIDUAL WORK

• CANDIDATES SELECT THEIR OWN ARTICLES TO ANALYSE

• COMMENTARIES MUST NOT BE PREPARED COLLABORATIVELY

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LANGUAGE

FOR ECONOMICS :

ENGLISH

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AUTHENTICITY

• THE PORTFOLIO MUST BE THE CANDIDATE’S OWN INDIVIDUAL WORK

• GUIDANCE WILL BE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS

• FIRST DRAFT IS REVIEWED BUT NOT REDRAFTED BY TEACHER

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PRESENTATION

• COMMENTARIES ARE WORD PROCESSED

• INTERNAL DEADLINES ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE

• WORD LIMIT REQUIREMENTS ARE EXACT.

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (20 MARKS)

• A) RUBRIC REQUIREMENTS (2 MARKS)• B) ORGANIZATION AND

PRESENTATION (4 MARKS)• C) USE OF ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY

(5 MARKS)• D) APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF

ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES (5 MARKS)

• E) EVALUATION (4 MARKS)

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RUBRIC REQUIREMENTS

• 2 MARKS (OUT OF 20)

• WORD LIMITS

• SYLLABUS COVERAGE OF THE PORTFOLIO

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ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION

• 4 MARKS

• RANGE OF SOURCES USED

• ORGANIZATION

• PRESENTATION

• USE OF DIAGRAMS

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USE OF ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY

• 5 MARKS

• ABILITY TO USE

• ABILITY TO DEFINE ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY

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APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC

CONCEPTS AND THEORIES

• 5 MARKS

• ABILITY TO APPLY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS

• ABILITY TO ANALYSE ECONOMIC THEORIES AND CONCEPTS

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EVALUATION

• 4 MARKS

• ABILITY TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES

IN THE CONCEPT OF REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES

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EXAMPLE P1/3

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EXAMPLE P2/3

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EXAMPLE P3/3

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