Social Studies STRUCTURE ESSAYS Explaining and Evaluation 2

Evaluating
(Structured-Essay Question)

Evaluation/Judgment Questions

Questions on evaluation will require to make a judgments and form your own opinions on an issue or a number of factors. This kind of question requires you to be balanced in your views (as far as possible) unless you need to work towards a particular conclusion, given your contextual knowledge.

Question types:

How successful................(analyze consequences)

Was....... still a great power after.....(analyze change and continuity)

How important...........?

"Countries maintain peaceful relations through diplomacy" Do you agree? Explain your answer.

When you are asked a question that requires some form of judgment based on the investigation of both sides of the issue, you will have to look for evidence that deal with both sides of the issue.

Some common errors

• Misreading Questions
• Inserting irrelevant points/factors
• lacking linkage between content and what the question demands
• Writing a summary of the factors
• Describing the factors but not evaluating them or explaining their significance