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How to succeed with the EIAHow to succeed with the EIA

assessment and examassessment and exam

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How to write a good assessmentHow to write a good assessment

Plan your work carefully think about word limitPlan your work carefully think about word limitoerall and how much you will allocate to differentoerall and how much you will allocate to differentsections !look at the weighting"sections !look at the weighting"

#tart research$ keeping an#tart research$ keeping an E%A&TE%A&Tnote of all yournote of all yoursourcessources 'e really precise on section ( with your chosen'e really precise on section ( with your chosen

impactimpact )se tables and diagrams !free from word count")se tables and diagrams !free from word count" &heck all your references are in the text and the&heck all your references are in the text and the

reference section !references also don*t count forreference section !references also don*t count forword countword count

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&orrect citation&orrect citation

Preference is for Harard system but numberedPreference is for Harard system but numberedreferences are acceptablereferences are acceptable

+ou will benefit hugely from creating your own+ou will benefit hugely from creating your ownreference excel sheetreference excel sheet

&heck Heriot,-att*s policy on plagiarism and&heck Heriot,-att*s policy on plagiarism andreferencingreferencing

'ournemouth )niersity has a good .how to* guide'ournemouth )niersity has a good .how to* guide If you are unsure that you hae referencedIf you are unsure that you hae referencedsomething correctly$ asksomething correctly$ ask

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/re0uent problems with assessments/re0uent problems with assessments

1"1" The student does not answer the actual 0uestionThe student does not answer the actual 0uestion

("(" There is insufficient eidence of readingThere is insufficient eidence of reading

2"2" The student has plagiarised$ often unintentionallyThe student has plagiarised$ often unintentionally3"3" The assessment lacks depthThe assessment lacks depth

4"4" The assessment lacks structureThe assessment lacks structure

5"5" There is no thought gien to the poor marker6There is no thought gien to the poor marker6

1$ ($ 3 and 4 are often problems with exams as well1$ ($ 3 and 4 are often problems with exams as well

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7econstructing an exam 0uestion7econstructing an exam 0uestion

Ask yourself what does this 0uestion want toAsk yourself what does this 0uestion want toknow8know8

9ften what you need to demonstrate is in the9ften what you need to demonstrate is in theerb:erb: Analyse weigh up the eidence for and againstAnalyse weigh up the eidence for and against

7iscuss build an argument around and against a position7iscuss build an argument around and against a position

Ealuate compare against a standardEaluate compare against a standard

-hat are the sub;ect parameters8-hat are the sub;ect parameters8

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Essays in examsEssays in exams

Take some time to plan think about what you areTake some time to plan think about what you aregoing to say$ the examples you could use !writegoing to say$ the examples you could use !writedown details like names"down details like names"

Introduction sets out your interpretation of theIntroduction sets out your interpretation of the0uestion and then explains how you will answer it0uestion and then explains how you will answer it 'ody of essay argument$ try to use references$'ody of essay argument$ try to use references$

examples$ diagrams etc< +ou can also useexamples$ diagrams etc< +ou can also usesubheadingssubheadings

&onclusions summarises main points$ comes to a&onclusions summarises main points$ comes to aconclusion that answers 0uestionconclusion that answers 0uestion

=' I sometimes leae a space and do theintroduction last6