PJC_H2_GEO_P2_Marking_Guide

H2 Prelims 2017 Paper 2 Marking Guide Section A Theme 4: Geographical Investigation 1 A group of 24 eighteen-year-old students from Singapore wanted to examine the needs of the elderly in different neighbourhoods in Singapore. They had access to census and survey information on geographical spread of elderly residents aged 65 and above, elderly living arrangements in Singapore, their sources of social activity and whether elderly friendly fixtures were available in their homes. The students wanted to obtain more information on specific neighbourhoods by assessing the needs of the elderly in Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang in terms of physical infrastructure in these neighbourhoods as well as social needs. They were allocated three days for field investigation. The three days were spread across the beginning, in the middle and at the end of November 2016. Resource 1 shows the proportion of elderly population by planning area in 2016. Resource 2 shows proportion of households having elderly friendly fixtures in 2011. Resource 3 shows sources of social activity amongst the elderly in 2014. Res ource 4 shows living arrangement of elderly by age in 2011. (a) Suggest a suitable research question for the students’ investigation. [1] Award 1 mark for a suitable research question. Possible research questions include:  Does Sengkang have higher % of dwelling s with elderly friendly fixtures?  Do the elderly in Ang Mo Kio have more sources of social activity compared to elderly in Sengkang? (b) With reference to Resource 1, outline why Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang are appropriate locations for the students’ research. [4] Award 2 marks for each reason to a maximum of 4 marks. Possible responses include:  Ang Mo Kio has the second highest pr oportion of elderly aged over 65 with 15-20% whilst Sengkang has a low proportion of elderly 5-10%  able to provide a good contrast  Locations are of close proximity (they are next to each other as seen in Resource 1)  ease of access to conduct research Point marked. (c) Suggest a plan for the students to investigate needs of the elderly in Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang. [7] Indicative Content:  establish the data needed to examine t he research question e.g. quantitative data through surveys conducted with elderly or qualitative data through interviews/ focus group discussions with the elderly  identify appropriate methods for collecting primary and secondary data e.g. using convenience sampling in Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang neighbourhoods to interview/survey elderly or systematic sampling in identified blocks (e.g. every 5th floor) to interview elderly  consider research ethics e.g. list the key points that would be shared with the interviewees about their research purpose, minimize noise disturbance  Limitations e.g. reasonable number of hours conducting one-to-one interviews

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