Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives Student Individual Report Mark Scheme Research, analysis & evaluation Formulation of global question Information Evaluation of sources AO1 Cause & Effect Comparisons Conclusions AO2 Topic Level 5 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 Focused global question Answerable from perspectives & viewpoints Researches & analyses a balanced range of relevant information from different perspectives 3+ appropriate & developed points Analyses in depth the causes & consequences of relevant issues Makes pertinent, well thought-out & successful comparisons Clear & fully supported conclusions 32 31 Level 4 30 27 26 25 Focused global question Answerable from perspectives & viewpoints Researches & analyses an appropriate range of relevant information from different perspectives 2 appropriate & developed points Analyses in some depth the causes & consequences of relevant issues Makes appropriate & well thought-out comparisons Clear & supported Courses of action Well-developed & relevant Developed & relevant Reflection 5 Justification of personal perspective Justified full evidence & reasoning 4 Justified some evidence & reasoning Level 5 15 14 13 Very well-structured, cohesive & comprehensive Presentation of arguments, evidence & perspectives Citation & referencing of sources Communication Structure, cohesion AO3 Teacher Total score: /60 Level 3 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 Level 2 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 Global question Answerable from perspectives & viewpoints Global question Answerable from at least one perspective Global question Researches & analyses a range of information from different perspectives Researches & analyses information from different perspectives Presents some relevant information 1 appropriate & developed point 1+ basic point limited attempt Analyses the causes & consequences of relevant issues Makes appropriate comparisons, not always well thought-out Appropriate but some may be inadequately supported Relevant but not always developed Analyses some of the causes and/or consequences of relevant issues Sometimes appropriate comparisons, one or two well thought-out Some attempt some appropriate 8 7 6 Level 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 Identifies some relevant causes and/or consequences of issues – – Relevant Irrelevant or limited 3 Justified some evidence or reasoning 2 Some justification some evidence or reasoning 1 Level 4 12 11 10 Well-structured & comprehensive Level 3 9 8 7 Generally well-structured & comprehensive Level 2 6 5 4 Structured but at times difficult to follow Level 1 3 2 1 Lacks structure & difficult to follow Relevant clear & effective Relevant clear Relevant generally clear Relevant sometimes clear Presented but lack clarity Complete consistent format Mostly complete consistent format Mostly consistent mostly complete Attempted but incomplete Little or no citation and/or referencing 0 Limited justification Condensed from the IGCSE Cambridge Global Perspectives Specimen Mark Scheme from 2018 See example projects on www.igcseglobalperspectives.net 0