Revising scanning & information retrieval skills

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Questions 1 and 2 on paper 1 will always direct you to short sections towards the start of the text.

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Look at the typical question 1 from paper 1 in the image.

What are you being asked to do?

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You will need to use scanning and information retrieval skills when answering the analysis question, question 3.

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Look at the question 1 in the picture opposite and the section of text which a candidate has highlighted with possible quotes.

The problem is that the candidate has highlighted far too much of the text. Please choose the examples from the text which would be acceptable as answers to the question set.

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Look at the response to a question 2 from Paper 1 in which the candidate has provided 2 direct quotations.
Although the response would have got the candidate the 2 marks on offer, the second example would have been better if it had been paraphrased using the candidates own words but retaining the meaning of the quote.

Which of the following sentence most effectively paraphrases the second quote in the picture?

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Which questions on paper 1 will require scanning and information retrieval skills?

A short quiz to help learners hone their scanning & information retrieval skills.

Revising scanning & information retrieval skills

Questions 1 and 2 on paper 1 will always direct you to short sections towards the start of the text.

Look at the typical question 1 from paper 1 in the image. What are you being asked to do?

You will need to use scanning and information retrieval skills when answering the analysis question, question 3.

Which questions on paper 1 will require scanning and information retrieval skills?

Look at the typical question 1 from paper 1 in the image.

What are you being asked to do?