The AQA specification requires you to complete investigative fieldwork at both AS and A2. This allows you to develop skills associated with planning investigations, collection of primary and secondary data, and presentation, interpretation and evaluation of results. As part of AS you are expected to take the Unit 2 examination (1 hour) where this fieldwork is assessed in Question 2.
A variety of different questions can be asked about this fieldwork. In all cases, however, you will be asked about the various stages of the fieldwork process: from establishing an aim and hypotheses, to data collection, presentation and analysis, and formulating conclusions. The example below follows this process, giving answers (and examiner commentary) to a series of questions that could be asked, all concerning a piece of fieldwork based on a river.
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