Confused about marking criteria (1 Viewer)

[Simile]

What happens if the question asks you to 'describe' a theory, but in the marking criteria it only asks you to 'identify'. And I on,y identified, would I be able to get a mark for that.

 

[Fiction]

What happens if the question asks you to 'describe' a theory, but in the marking criteria it only asks you to 'identify'. And I on,y identified, would I be able to get a mark for that.

If the question asks you to describe a theory, you describe it. If you only identify a theory you would probably only get a percentage of the total mark. I.e if it's a 3 mark question, you may only get one mark for idenifying, one mark for describing and maybe one for an example etc. Always do what the question asks you to do.

 

[Simile]

Well. It was out of one, and I didn't even get half a mark, when the criteria said identify and the question said describe.

 

[Fiction]

Well. It was out of one, and I didn't even get half a mark, when the criteria said identify and the question said describe.

If you've described the theory you should have also identified it. I mean, how do you describe something without knowing what it is? You shouldn't have lost the mark unless you got the wrong theory altogether. I suggest you ask your teacher why you lost your mark and go from there.

 

[Queenroot]

Name and define

 

[Simile]

It was an assignment. We were given the marking criteria prior to the due date.