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Re-energising your evaluation skills (WJEC/Eduqas)

James Bailey looks at ways to improve at the tricky skill of evaluation

Think of evaluation as a sandwich

Any examiner will tell you that AO3 — the ability to evaluate — is the skill that is completed least effectively. It’s not that students fail to engage in critical analysis — but rather that the evaluation presented is not always as effective as it could be. Why is it that students consistently underperform on AO3 in examinations?

Let’s first understand the wording of the mark scheme for AO3 and then let’s develop strategies that you can easily employ.

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