Instructions to Teachers/Tutors This set task has a preparatory period. Part A sets out how learners should prepare for the completion of the unseen task in Part B under supervised conditions. Part A should be issued to learners four weeks prior to undertaking Part B of the assessment. Learners should be provided with the opportunity to conduct independent research in order to select and read secondary source materials such as articles and journals. Centres may need to make facilities available to learners to support independent work. Learners are advised to spend approximately 8 hours on selecting and reading their secondary sources and that spending any longer on this is unlikely to advantage them. Learners may bring their research, such as copies of articles, into the monitored sessions, and these will be subject to monitoring by the teacher/tutor. Learners should be monitored in 6 hours provided by the centre to compile notes on their secondary research. During this time they may only have access to: • the internet to carry out searches and to access secondary sources in relation to their research • outcomes of independent research such as sources that they have selected. Learners must work independently and must not be given guidance or feedback on the completion of the preparatory work. Learners must not prepare potential responses. Learners may take up to four A4 sides of notes into the supervised assessment. Learners’ notes are the outcome of independent preparation and support learners in responding to the additional information and activities presented only in Part B. The notes may be handwritten, or typed in a 12 point size font. Learners’ notes can only include: • facts, figures and data relating to secondary sources covering the article’s area of research • the research methods used in the learner’s own secondary research. Other content is not permitted. In addition to the four pages of notes, learners should use the monitored sessions to prepare a list of sources that they have used to take into the supervised assessment. Teachers/tutors should note that: • learner notes produced under monitored conditions must be checked to ensure that they comply with the limitations • learner notes should be retained by the centre between the monitored sessions and the formal supervised assessment • learner notes should be retained by the centre after the completion of assessment and may be requested by Pearson.