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ACE your diagrams!
- Level:
- AS, A-Level, IB
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- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB, Eduqas, WJEC
Last updated 2 Jun 2018
Diagrams matter in economics exams! They can really help to achieve strong analysis marks and support your evaluation too especially when you develop a diagram that is relevant to a question.
Diagrams should be ACE!
That means remember to label the Axes, Curves and all Equilibrium points.
Don't forget your ABCs!
You also need to remember your ABC’s with diagrams:
- Accurate
- Big
- Clear
Develop your diagrams!
- Simply drawing a diagram from memory will likely only allow you to gain AO1 marks.
- To be able to access higher-skill marks, you will need to make a change or adapt your diagram
- Perhaps shift a curve, indicate a particular important area and so on.
A selection of important microeconomic diagrams for parts of the Year 2 Microeconomics (A-Level) course.
A selection of important microeconomic diagrams for parts of the Year 1 Microeconomics (A-Level) course.
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