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ECONOMICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
• INTEGRAL PART OF THE COURSE
• ENABLES CANDIDATES TO DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS
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
REQUIREMENTS
• FOUR COMMENTARIES
• 650-750 WORDS EACH
• BASED ON PUBLISHED EXTRACTS FROM DIFFERENT NEWS MEDIA
(NEWSPAPER, JOURNAL, WEB BUT NOT TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS)
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)
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
SOURCES
• FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES
• CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE COURSE : CURRENT EVENTS
INDIVIDUAL WORK
• CANDIDATES SELECT THEIR OWN ARTICLES TO ANALYSE
• COMMENTARIES MUST NOT BE PREPARED COLLABORATIVELY
LANGUAGE
FOR ECONOMICS :
ENGLISH
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
PRESENTATION
• COMMENTARIES ARE WORD PROCESSED
• INTERNAL DEADLINES ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE
• WORD LIMIT REQUIREMENTS ARE EXACT.
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)
RUBRIC REQUIREMENTS
• 2 MARKS (OUT OF 20)
• WORD LIMITS
• SYLLABUS COVERAGE OF THE PORTFOLIO
ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION
• 4 MARKS
• RANGE OF SOURCES USED
• ORGANIZATION
• PRESENTATION
• USE OF DIAGRAMS
USE OF ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY
• 5 MARKS
• ABILITY TO USE
• ABILITY TO DEFINE ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY
APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC
CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
• 5 MARKS
• ABILITY TO APPLY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
• ABILITY TO ANALYSE ECONOMIC THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
EVALUATION
• 4 MARKS
• ABILITY TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
IN THE CONCEPT OF REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE P1/3
EXAMPLE P2/3
EXAMPLE P3/3
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