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marking sheme -appropriate point

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA SBL Exams › marking sheme -appropriate point

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  • November 30, 2014 at 6:30 am #214580
    Avatarlkashish
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    Dear Gromit,

    What is meant by relevant /appropriate point in acca p3 marking scheme. Is it the same as main points or it also covers secondary/ supporting points to the main issue being discussed?

    Thanks!

    November 30, 2014 at 6:40 am #214582
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    Relevant/appropriate = correct and useful ie it helps to analyse the situation and solve the requirement.

    No idea about your second question as it can be difficult to make the main/secondary division, but irrelevant points (eg describing a model when that is not asked for) will gain you no marks.

    November 30, 2014 at 9:59 am #214672
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    In fact I am a bit confused here. When a question say identify/ define the marking scheme is 1 mark per relevant point. But when the question is of a higher order like evaluation/analyse/discuss, etc the marking scheme remains the same, i.e 1 mark per relevant point. Why is evaluation/analyse not 2 marks per relevant point but still similar to lower order questions (explain/identify, etc).

    Sorry if that confuses you, but it is blurring my judgement as to how many main points to produce for a particular question. E.g IDENTIFY the strengths and weaknesses of ABC (10 marks) and now EVALUATE the Strengths & weaknesses of ABC (10 marks). How many points/ideas should i produce in each of these scenarios to obtain the full mark? My judgement tell me to write 10 brief points for the former and only 5 points for the latter, but with more in-depth discussion of the points.

    Am i right or wrong?

    Thanks!

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