{"id":7178,"date":"2017-07-14T22:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T21:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsphysics.co.uk\/usefullinks\/?p=281"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:43:21","slug":"general-marking-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/14\/general-marking-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"General Marking Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">This document is vital reading for all SQA Physics exam courses. It covers how marks are awarded and how you can fail to receive marks, even if you might have the correct answer. It would really would benefit you if you worked through this document with others on your course and folk at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3a4cddc2-a4e5-4ba4-aacc-16269921f2aa\" href=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GMP-2022<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022.webp\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3a4cddc2-a4e5-4ba4-aacc-16269921f2aa\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/general-marking-principles-physics.pdf\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022-1024x568.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022-1024x568.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022-768x426.webp 768w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022-600x333.webp 600w, https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMP-2022.webp 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/general-marking-principles-physics.pdf\">https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/general-marking-principles-physics.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is the powerpoint for the General Marking Principles. 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