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stainluss

For example,
If it said one way which a knowledge of dormancy helps farmers, and I put two ways, but only one is right, I get no marks?
Whats the case for Q's like that where there is more than one possible answer?

For Hypothesis, I put down: an explanation (or best guess) based on observation

Would I lose marks for the words in brackets?

I remember a teacher saying before for Business or something to put down as many as you can think of, but now I heard they get cancelled?

Behind you Joey

In Biology and Music there is negative marking. But only in section A in biology AFAIK, and no you won't lose marks for the brackets...

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also french and I think engineering too... definitely french anyways.

aine92

Yeah cancelling applies, like if the question is "what one colour is the sky" you write down in Biology (and Chemistry is the same) "The sky is blue and red" the blue is right but the red is wrong so they cancel and you get a wonderful zero :rolleyes:

**Timbuk2**

What I do in French, or similar subjects, is if I am unsure about something, I put the answer I am least sure about in brackets, with a single line through. They can't penalise for excess, but they just might give me the highest scoring one (but it's unlikely).

If I am unsure in subjects like maths whether to do the question one way, or the other, I do both (time allowing), and they have to correct both and give me the highest mark (I think). I don't bother with brackets in that case.

stainluss

Behind you Joey wrote: »

only in section A in biology AFAIK,

I like the sound of this, I think I did it a lot in Section C today..

EvilLlamaThingy

Something I'm curious is, if suppose they omit something from the marking scheme that could be right, and a biology teacher would know it's right (but sees it's not on the marking scheme) Would you get marks for it? Or if you have that and the right answer would you cancel your right answer?

stainluss

EvilLlamaThingy wrote: »

Something I'm curious is, if suppose they omit something from the marking scheme that could be right, and a biology teacher would know it's right (but sees it's not on the marking scheme) Would you get marks for it? Or if you have that and the right answer would you cancel your right answer?

A lot of the time in the biology marking schemes it says 'or explained', I suppose this would give you wiggle room

**Timbuk2**

EvilLlamaThingy wrote: »

Something I'm curious is, if suppose they omit something from the marking scheme that could be right, and a biology teacher would know it's right (but sees it's not on the marking scheme) Would you get marks for it? Or if you have that and the right answer would you cancel your right answer?

Yes. I'm not familiar with Biology, but most marking schemes say something along the line 'Methods shown are not exhaustive and other correct solutions may be accepted'.