PE
Awarding body: AQA
Level: A level
Outline:
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course.
Subject content
- Applied anatomy and physiology
- Skill acquisition
- Sport and society
- Exercise physiology
- Biomechanical movement
- Sport psychology
- Sport and society and the role of technology in physical activity and sport
Details of this specification can be found here: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/pe/specifications/AQA-7582-SP-2016.PDF
Assessments
| Paper 1: Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport |
| What’s assessed
Section A: Applied anatomy and physiology Section B: Skill acquisition Section C: Sport and society |
| How it’s assessed
· Written exam: 2 hours · 105 marks · 35% of A-level |
Questions
- Section A: multiple choice, short answer and extended writing (35 marks)
- Section B: multiple choice, short answer and extended writing (35 marks)
- Section C: multiple choice, short answer and extended writing (35 marks)
| Paper 2: Factors affecting optimal performance in physical activity and sport |
| What’s assessed
Section A: Exercise physiology and biomechanics Section B: Sport psychology Section C: Sport and society and technology in sport |
| How it’s assessed
· Written exam: 2 hours · 105 marks · 35% of A-level |
| Questions
· Section A: multiple choice, short answer and extended writing (35 marks) · Section B: multiple choice, short answer and extended writing (35 marks) · Section C: multiple choice, short answer and extended writing (35 marks) |
| Non-exam assessment: Practical performance in physical activity and sport |
| What’s assessed
Students assessed as a performer or coach in the full sided version of one activity. Plus, wriiten analysis on their performance. How it’s assessed · Internal assessment, external moderation · 90 marks 30% of A-level
Click on the link below for full course details: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/pe/specifications/AQA-7582-SP-2016.PDF
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