Tuesday 20 December 2011

Exam Section A: How is it marked?

How is it marked?

All examinations are now marked on the computer.  The examiner will get a scan of your exam paper on the screen and will use a series of annotations to mark where you have done well.  The more of these annotations the examiner can include, the better the mark you will get.

Here are the annotations that the examiner can include:

R         Comment on representation
A          Comment on audience
Inst      Comment on institutions
G         Comment on genre
N         Comment on narrative
V/I       Comment on values or ideologies
ü  Good point made
üü  Very good point made
Eg        Example/Illustration used to back up a point
Egü Good Example/Illustration used to back up a point
Ex        Further explanation of a point
T          Terminology used
Th        Theories/Ideas/Debates/Issues identified
F          Clear focus on question

The examiner can also include negative marks when you have done things badly.  You want to avoid getting any of these on your paper.

Here are those annotations:

Eg?      Needs an example to support the point
Ex?      Needs further explanation
Rept    Repetition of the same point
I           Irrelevant – nothing to do with the question
?          Query or Questionable Point
Desc    Describing the text without analysing

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