The word that decides the marks.
Two answers with the same facts score differently when the command term asked for different thinking.
- The verb sets the bar
- Facts alone are not marks
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Outline is not explain. Explain is not evaluate.
The command term decides what scores. We teach each one, inside your practice.
What you can do.
Decoded where you practise.
Every question names its command term, and you can ask what it demands right there.
- On every question
- Ask Kori what it wants
Your programme's own list.
MYP and DP command terms differ by subject and level, so you see the ones your exams use.
- MYP and DP kept distinct
- Subject by subject
Depth to match the term.
Learn how long, how deep and how argued each term expects an answer to be.
- Outline is short, evaluate is argued
- The shape per term
A few useful answers.
The verb in the question, outline, describe, explain, evaluate, that tells you what kind of answer earns the marks.
No. They differ by programme, subject and level, and you see your own.
On every practice question, inside lessons, and whenever you ask Kori what a question wants.
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