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BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 1 (Human Lifespan Development) — 30 Guided Learning Hours.

Mandatory (Pearson-set)30 GLH10 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

4 criteria
A.P1Explain physical, intellectual, emotional and social development across the life stages.
B.P2Explain how different factors affect growth and development across the life stages.
C.P3Explain the physical and psychological changes of ageing.
C.P4Explain the psychosocial theories of ageing.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Compare how human growth and development changes over the life stages.
B.M2Compare the ways that individuals experience life events and the affect they have on growth and development.
C.M3Assess the impact on individuals of illness, disease or conditions commonly experienced in ageing.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Analyse the extent to which theories and models can be used to explain human development.
B.D2Assess the significance of life events and factors affecting the growth and development of individuals.
C.D3Evaluate the extent to which theories of ageing can be used to explain the experience of individuals in later adulthood.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainCompareAssessAnalyseEvaluate
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Examine how humans grow and develop across the life stages
  • B. Examine the factors affecting human growth and development across the life
  • C. Investigate the effects of ageing on individuals

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