Chris@SummitTutoring
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This may sound like simple and straightforward advice but sometimes students forget to do this. The marking criteria, although not always perfectly defined or constructed, acts as a guideline for addressing the question that was posed to you. It also tells you what the marker is looking for and what kind of characteristics a superior response will have . Before you begin your assessment, check the marking criteria first and PLAN your response accordingly.
Each marking criteria will have marking categories. For example for an A level response for a task out of 20, you generally will see 3-4 dot points that characterise a response worth 17-20/20. It is critical that your response reflects the content of the dot points accordingly.
If you carefully examine the marking criteria in descending order you will notice that as the mark categories decrease, the dot points that characterise them also become more simplistic. Obviously you should always be aiming for the A range of marks but take time to go to the dictionary to look up the meaning of some of the terms used in the A range marking category. If you see words like “critical, sophisticated, sustained, coherent” and you are unsure of the meaning of these terms, then take some time and look them up in the dictionary.
Developing this skill will take you a long way and I know marking criteria are given in ALL HSC subjects so it's a critical skill to develop!
Many of you are capable of much more than you are currently scoring, doing seemingly small things like this can make a huge difference. Sometimes it's how you do the small things right that make the big differences!
Each marking criteria will have marking categories. For example for an A level response for a task out of 20, you generally will see 3-4 dot points that characterise a response worth 17-20/20. It is critical that your response reflects the content of the dot points accordingly.
If you carefully examine the marking criteria in descending order you will notice that as the mark categories decrease, the dot points that characterise them also become more simplistic. Obviously you should always be aiming for the A range of marks but take time to go to the dictionary to look up the meaning of some of the terms used in the A range marking category. If you see words like “critical, sophisticated, sustained, coherent” and you are unsure of the meaning of these terms, then take some time and look them up in the dictionary.
Developing this skill will take you a long way and I know marking criteria are given in ALL HSC subjects so it's a critical skill to develop!
Many of you are capable of much more than you are currently scoring, doing seemingly small things like this can make a huge difference. Sometimes it's how you do the small things right that make the big differences!