{"id":18,"date":"2011-07-04T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2011-07-04T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:30:41","slug":"top-tips-exam-technique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/revision-materials\/top-tips-exam-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tips &#8211; Exam Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Exam Technique Top Tips<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Kristen ITC;color: #000000\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/pencil-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-33\" src=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/pencil-3-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Kristen ITC\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">In general:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">You <strong>MUST<\/strong> refer to the question &#8211; AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>EXPLAIN<\/strong> your ideas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>EVALUATE THE IMPORTANCE OF FACTORS IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER <\/strong>throughout the essay not just in the conclusion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>LINK FACTORS <\/strong>\u2013 don\u2019t simply list these to show you know where they are \u2013 <strong>EXPLAIN HOW<\/strong> they impact upon the question and what they show about the importance of the factors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">USE CRUCHY DETAILS TO SUPPORT YOUR POINTS \u2013 DO NOT MAKE SWEEPING GENERALISATIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Kristen ITC;color: #000000\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/Intros3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37\" src=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/Intros3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Introductions:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Define<\/strong> any important words in the question \u2013 e.g. what do we mean by effective? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>SUGGEST<\/strong> your line of argument<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">You could refer to any historical debate surrounding the topic \u2013 e.g. for KQ3 and KQ6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">DO NOT simply restate the question<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Kristen ITC;color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Kristen ITC;color: #000000\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/conclusions1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39\" src=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/conclusions1-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/conclusions1-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/files\/2011\/07\/conclusions1.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Conclusions:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">A good conclusion could be the difference between an A and a B grade<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Must be <strong>ARGUMENT<\/strong> centred \u2013 you must make a judgement and substantiate this<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>YOU SHOULD NOT <\/strong>sit on the fence<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exam Technique Top Tips \u00a0\u00a0In general: You MUST refer to the question &#8211; AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN! EXPLAIN your ideas EVALUATE THE IMPORTANCE OF FACTORS IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER throughout the essay not just in the conclusion LINK &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/revision-materials\/top-tips-exam-technique\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1G99s-i","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/21"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heathenhistory.co.uk\/elizabeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}