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Marks Guidance

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by AvatarKim Smith.
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  • July 27, 2021 at 8:32 pm #629607
    Avatarrabihashim
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    Dear Tutor,

    As per marking guidelines, one fully explained relevant procedure earns one mark. I want to ask that if a particular requirement has 4 marks and I am not sure whether these have been written correctly.

    So, for safety, if I write 6 procedures, instead of 4 Procedures (hoping that the checker picks the best 4). Will the checker consider the 5th, and 6th procedures I wrote, or will he/she stop after the 4th one?

    Thank you.

    July 28, 2021 at 6:27 am #629622
    AvatarKim Smith
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    The marker must mark everything – but consider this – which is better?

    Candidate A writes only 3 but well-thought out sentences – gets 3 marks.
    Candidate B writes 6 sentences – one of which is not relevant because they haven’t spent enough time thinking about them, another is effectively repetition (so no mark) and two are not sufficiently developed into full points (so only 1/2 mark) – also gets 3 marks.
    But which is the better answer? Which would the marker prefer to mark?

    See also this post https://opentuition.com/topic/section-b-question

    July 28, 2021 at 10:35 pm #629717
    Avatarrabihashim
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    Thank you, Tutor!

    July 29, 2021 at 6:35 am #629736
    AvatarKim Smith
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    You are welcome!

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