IAL Economics January 2015

[saifulahmed49]

anyone sitting this jan??

 

[TeenStar]

anyone sitting this jan??

yea, unit 2 and 3

 

[saifulahmed49]

yea, unit 2 and 3

wanna discuss?
what do you find hard in unit 3?and can you do the evaluation?I'm really bad in that!

 

[TeenStar]

wanna discuss?
what do you find hard in unit 3?and can you do the evaluation?I'm really bad in that!

I find government intervention part a bit tough.. others are ok.. wht do u find tough?
Here is hw to evaluate in econ
•Showing a critical awareness…….may be demonstrated in a variety of ways:
•1 Magnitude of effect
•2 Time period: short run v long run
•3 Costs versus benefits
•4 Impact on different economic agents (e.g. producers, consumers, workers, shareholders, government)
•5 Prioritisation with justification
•6 Questioning quality and validity of data
•7 Questioning validity of underlying assumptions

 

[saifulahmed49]

I find government intervention part a bit tough.. others are ok.. wht do u find tough?
Here is hw to evaluate in econ
•Showing a critical awareness…….may be demonstrated in a variety of ways:
•1 Magnitude of effect
•2 Time period: short run v long run
•3 Costs versus benefits
•4 Impact on different economic agents (e.g. producers, consumers, workers, shareholders, government)
•5 Prioritisation with justification
•6 Questioning quality and validity of data
•7 Questioning validity of underlying assumptions

thanks!!Only the evaluation part seems tough to me cause i fail to write all the points even though i know them.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1664753
i found the 1st post helpful.
and in IAL do u have any idea about how many points we have to discuss for a full mark? I mean in GCE the mark scheme says that "6 marks(3+3) evaluation", but there's nothing like that in IAL mark schemes.

 

[TeenStar]

Whts difficult for u?

thanks!!Only the evaluation part seems tough to me cause i fail to write all the points even though i know them.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1664753
i found the 1st post helpful.
and in IAL do u have any idea about how many points we have to discuss for a full mark? I mean in GCE the mark scheme says that "6 marks(3+3) evaluation", but there's nothing like that in IAL mark schemes.

i knw right.
section A i guess its 8 marks for evaluation for each 20 marks question.. so that would be around 3-4 points..
in section B for the 12 marks questions its 4 marks for evaluation right? so it would be 2 points..
do u write conclusions?

thanks a lot for the share.. that looks really helpful
what are the other exams that u're appearing for?

 

[saifulahmed49]

Whts difficult for u?


i knw right.
section A i guess its 8 marks for evaluation for each 20 marks question.. so that would be around 3-4 points..
in section B for the 12 marks questions its 4 marks for evaluation right? so it would be 2 points..
do u write conclusions?

thanks a lot for the share.. that looks really helpful
what are the other exams that u're appearing for?

Do we need to write conclusions?! :O
I'm sitting for all 4 papers of economics, and phy 4, che5 and bio4.

 

[TeenStar]

Do we need to write conclusions?! :O
I'm sitting for all 4 papers of economics, and phy 4, che5 and bio4.

our teacher says that it completes the answers..
aww.. i'm sitting for econ u2, busns u3, accnt u2 and math c34

 

[saifulahmed49]

our teacher says that it completes the answers..
aww.. i'm sitting for econ u2, busns u3, accnt u2 and math c34

they don't give any marks for introductions and conclusions do they?I mean they never mentioned about any introductions and conclusions in examiner reports. But do what your teacher tells u to, don't listen to me cause i don't have a teacher!

 

[TeenStar]

they don't give any marks for introductions and conclusions do they?I mean they never mentioned about any introductions and conclusions in examiner reports. But do what your teacher tells u to, don't listen to me cause i don't have a teacher!

hehe.. yea there is no specific marks for that...
it's worth impressing the examiner!!

 

[saifulahmed49]

hehe.. yea there is no specific marks for that...
it's worth impressing the examiner!!

what do u get in past papers?i get around B. All i do is miss out points and make my own theories!

 

[TeenStar]

what do u get in past papers?i get around B. All i do is miss out points and make my own theories!

i didnt do much past papers.. at school in the first monthly i gt a c, then a b and finally an a... dunno wht wd happen in ial..
my problem is procrastination when it comes to studies.. hehe

 

[saifulahmed49]

i didnt do much past papers.. at school in the first monthly i gt a c, then a b and finally an a... dunno wht wd happen in ial..
my problem is procrastination when it comes to studies.. hehe

haha me too! I'm like okay i'll read that chapter in next hour, but i never read it that day! XD i'm gonna sit for unit 4 and i don't have any idea about foreign aid or all those stuffs that are gonna come! -_-

 

[TeenStar]

haha me too! I'm like okay i'll read that chapter in next hour, but i never read it that day! XD i'm gonna sit for unit 4 and i don't have any idea about foreign aid or all those stuffs that are gonna come! -_-

i'll be studying it this sem.. i dnt like macro either.. do u find unit 2 easy?

 

[saifulahmed49]

i'll be studying it this sem.. i dnt like macro either.. do u find unit 2 easy?

yes actually. Unit 2 seems so small. It's only about economic growth, inflation and employment. All those things are connected together. So i get a lot of points to write. On the other hand unit 3 has so many things, like market structures, behavior, efficiency, growth and government intervention. and not everything can be connected as the structures of market are different.

 

[TeenStar]

yes actually. Unit 2 seems so small. It's only about economic growth, inflation and employment. All those things are connected together. So i get a lot of points to write. On the other hand unit 3 has so many things, like market structures, behavior, efficiency, growth and government intervention. and not everything can be connected as the structures of market are different.

my frnds also say tht its small.. i dunno y i find it tough.. maybe cx m still nt very clear with the basics..
i did it in the last session and got a B i need to try harder this time..

 

[saifulahmed49]

my frnds also say tht its small.. i dunno y i find it tough.. maybe cx m still nt very clear with the basics..
i did it in the last session and got a B i need to try harder this time..

I'm sure you'll do better this time. If u have any questions about unit 2 don't bother to ask me!

 

[saifulahmed49]

my frnds also say tht its small.. i dunno y i find it tough.. maybe cx m still nt very clear with the basics..
i did it in the last session and got a B i need to try harder this time..

I didn't cross the box in unit 1 section B. Do you think it's gonna be a problem?

 

[TeenStar]

I didn't cross the box in unit 1 section B. Do you think it's gonna be a problem?

that happens to many students.. i don't think it would be a problem as long as it's obvious that u did that particular question alone
how was the paper btw?

 

[TeenStar]

I'm sure you'll do better this time. If u have any questions about unit 2 don't bother to ask me!

Ok! wait for my queries! ;p