Pass Minimum A weak answer but just enough information to acceptable suggest the student has a rudimentary knowledge standard and understanding of the subject area. (40) Fail Deficient May contain some isolated pieces of correct Little appreciation of the Poor expression and/or a low level of answer information but little relevance and/or a serious scope of the subject. structure and clarity. May lack lack of knowledge/ understanding. Many coherence. (20 39) omissions, no relevant examples and/or serious – errors. Totally No or little accurate factual material or the answer No significant attempt to Little organisation of text and/or inadequate may be totally irrelevant. write about the subject. dreadful expression and clarity. Bad fail (0 - 19) QUALITATIVE CRITERIA FOR JUDGMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL 2 WRITTEN EXAMINATION ANSWERS MARK COMMENT KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING COVERAGE STYLE/CLARITY Outstanding Almost faultless for this level: totally relevant, Shows wide knowledge. Excellent presentation and use of answer high factual accuracy and gives appropriate Evidence of reading illustrative material. 80 - 100 examples. beyond the lecture Extremely well written excellent – materials. structure and coherence. Very good Good relevance, factual accuracy and use of Thorough coverage of Good presentation and use of answer examples. subject and may include illustrative material. Well written – 70 79 – evidence of additional good structure and coherence. reading.
Pass (40) Minimum acceptable standard A weak answer but just enough information to suggest the student has a rudimentary knowledge and understanding of the subject area. Fail (20 – 39) Deficient answer May contain some isolated pieces of correct information but little relevance and/or a serious lack of knowledge/ understanding. Many omissions, no relevant examples and/or serious errors. Little appreciation of the scope of the subject. Poor expression and/or a low level of structure and clarity. May lack coherence. Bad fail (0 - 19) Totally inadequate No or little accurate factual material or the answer may be totally irrelevant. No significant attempt to write about the subject. Little organisation of text and/or dreadful expression and clarity. QUALITATIVE CRITERIA FOR JUDGMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL 2 WRITTEN EXAMINATION ANSWERS MARK COMMENT KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING COVERAGE STYLE/CLARITY 80 - 100 Outstanding answer Almost faultless for this level: totally relevant, high factual accuracy and gives appropriate examples. Shows wide knowledge. Evidence of reading beyond the lecture materials. Excellent presentation and use of illustrative material. Extremely well written – excellent structure and coherence. 70 – 79 Very good answer Good relevance, factual accuracy and use of examples. Thorough coverage of subject and may include evidence of additional reading. Good presentation and use of illustrative material. Well written – good structure and coherence.
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