Unit A452: Practical investigation

2.2 Effectiveness and efficiency

Candidates should be able to:

  1.  select suitable techniques for the development of their solution
  2.  use suitable techniques to solve all aspects of the problem
  3. deploy practical techniques in an efficient and logical manner.

Effectiveness and efficiency 0-10 marks

  • Under this category you should show effective use of the skills you have developed to produce the solutions to the identified problems.
0-3 marks 4-7 marks 8-10 marks
The techniques used may not be entirely appropriate to the problem and will only produce partially working solutions to a small part of the problem. The techniques will be used appropriately giving working solutions to most of the parts of the problem. Some parts of the solution may be executed in a partial or inefficient manner. The techniques are used appropriately in all cases giving an efficient, working solution for all parts of the problem.