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Verbs in exam questions and how to handle them

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December 3, 2011 at 12:48 pm #50876
galinamihova
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Hi,
I know that in P5 I have to be able to :
identify
critically discuss
assess
advise
evaluate
in exam questions, but I get confused how exactly to handle with verbs.
Can you please help me and explain what each verbs should mean in exam question? For example if it is said evaluate i should do exactly what, if it is assess, then what – some kind of techniques that I can use to do exactly what is expected when this verb is used in exam question.
Thank you very much!
August 22, 2015 at 3:56 pm #268120
llmaqe
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Dear Tutor,
I also have a problem with the following verbs:
Assess
Discuss
Evaluate
A question would say “discuss the merits” but the solution gives the demerits as well. Please explain the difference.
Regards
August 24, 2015 at 5:05 am #268300
Ken Garrett
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In practice they don’t make much difference. Assess and avaluate imply some type of judgement eg how good is a set of measures, so pros and cons. However, your discussion would probably do that too.
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