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Specification
Specification
Mock Exams JAN 2023
Mock Exams JAN 2023
Revision Guidance
Revision Guidance
Key Dates
Key Dates
Exam dates:
Exam dates:
Paper 1 code: 8552 Not available yet
Assessment Details
Assessment Details
Design Technology Paper 1 code: 8552/1
50% of total marks
2 hours
100 marks
Candidates answer all questions in three sections
Design Technology Component 2 code: 45552
Design and Making Practice
50% of total marks
100 marks
Substantial design and make task
Assessment criteria:
Identifying and investigating design possibilities
Producing a design brief and specification
Generating design ideas
Developing design ideas
Realising design ideas
Analysing & evaluating
In the spirit of the iterative design process, the above should be awarded holistically where they take place and not in a linear manner
Contextual challenges to be released annually by AQA on 1 June in the year prior to the submission of the NEA
Students will produce a prototype and a portfolio of evidence
Work will be marked by teachers and moderated by AQA
Past Papers
Past Papers
All of these past papers belong to the previous specification.
All of these past papers belong to the previous specification.
Some of the questions are still relevant and well worth practising. If a topic appears that you think seems unfamiliar, check with your teacher or the specification.
JUNE 2016
JUNE 2016
JUNE 2015
JUNE 2015
JUNE 2014
JUNE 2014
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