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Method Marks in GCSE Maths: Where Credit Is Really Earned

Method Marks in GCSE Maths: Where Credit Is Really Earned

A GCSE maths mark scheme is a record of process, not a list of answers — and that distinction decides grades. Two worked examples show how a wrong final answer can beat a right one, how follow-through credit works, and which routines build mark-scheme literacy in the classroom and at the kitchen table.