How Do we prepare for Eco's trial essay questions????? (1 Viewer)

[Gangstar1]

Yer im screwed there...

 

[maxc16]

Most likely essay questions are
a) macro economic policies
b) International case study

Write essay plans for others, e.g:
i) exchange rates
ii) protection
iii) Balance of payments
etc

 

[powlmao]

The way I prepare is do past extended response.

 

[TorMental]

Short questions are annoying =\. My teacher wants sufficient, concise, 'detailed enough' but SIMPLE. Like I swear there are some contradicting factors there.
Sometimes I see 'How or Why' throughout my cause/effect explanation. If I write in simple terms, he would say elaborate more. If I go detailed, he would say its too much and should be cutted down. Can someone clarify the way they mark short answers? (ways to hit the nail on the head?)

T_T

 

[powlmao]

Short questions are annoying =\. My teacher wants sufficient, concise, 'detailed enough' but SIMPLE. Like I swear there are some contradicting factors there.
Sometimes I see 'How or Why' throughout my cause/effect explanation. If I write in simple terms, he would say elaborate more. If I go detailed, he would say its too much and should be cutted down. Can someone clarify the way they mark short answers? (ways to hit the nail on the head?)

T_T

My teacher says short answers you can write as much as you want and that you shouldn't get marked down if you answer the question

 

[aphorae]

My teacher said you shouldn't need to go past the lines/avoid doing that (for short answers)... and if you do they might not read it, since they're not exactly told to (unlike English). Somehow I doubt that...sounds dodgy, maybe she's trying to get us to be more concise, but she was a marker last year

Anyway, for essays, yeah know your recent stuff well. Macro policy is a common one... know the budget for sure + recent AUD volatility. We had our trial last week, got a choice between discuss significance of internal balance + evaluate effects of macro p on it (something like that), or the same thing but with external stability. Our other one was either analyse causes/consequences of distribution of income in Australia, or the same thing but with rapid economic growth.

For short answers, we got a double 5 marker for int case study...

 

[d3st1nyLiang]

know your policy/case study (the other's should be wingable) in depth + some specific recent examples + write some essay structures (yes, structure is very important)

 

[powlmao]

know your policy/case study (the other's should be wingable) in depth + some specific recent examples + write some essay structures (yes, structure is very important)

Very true. If you have done the work you should be able to get it done fine.

 

[mangoz]

Have to agree with the baulko. Just know your case study and the rest should come natural if you know your stuff lol. Now if you aren't familiar with the rest....well thats an issue.

 

[mystery_meat]

My teacher says short answers you can write as much as you want and that you shouldn't get marked down if you answer the question

You shouldn't. But you won't gain any marks by writing more than is strictly necessary. If you can be as concise as possible, so only giving enough detail/explanation to get the marks, then you're limiting the time spent on any one question. And honestly, you're better off spending the time it would take to expand on your short repsonses (but not gain additional marks) on your extended responses or checking over your calculations, multiple choice and just generally editing your responses.

However, if you find that to answer the question fully you need to go beyond the lines provided then you should. Unless you're running short on time.

I'd definitely work on trying to make your answers as concise as possible while still answering the question fully.

But as for what expectations they have well... honestly, I can't really say. It varies with every question. You want to look at what the question is asking - if it's "briefly explain" then you just want to give a little explanation. Just simply draw out a couple of causes & effects. If it says "explain" then you want to go into more detail.

Ideally, the marks its worth and what the question is asking should give you a very good indication of what they're expecting. More marks, more detail.

You probably already knew that though. It is very confusing. My advice would be just do all the past paper ones and ask your teacher to mark them. That way you can look at them and see where the differences in your & your teachers understanding of the question lie.

 

[maxc16]

My teacher said you shouldn't need to go past the lines/avoid doing that (for short answers)... and if you do they might not read it, since they're not exactly told to (unlike English). Somehow I doubt that...sounds dodgy, maybe she's trying to get us to be more concise, but she was a marker last year

Anyway, for essays, yeah know your recent stuff well. Macro policy is a common one... know the budget for sure + recent AUD volatility. We had our trial last week, got a choice between discuss significance of internal balance + evaluate effects of macro p on it (something like that), or the same thing but with external stability. Our other one was either analyse causes/consequences of distribution of income in Australia, or the same thing but with rapid economic growth.

For short answers, we got a double 5 marker for int case study...

lol wut, internal stability is old syllabus.

 

[nshankar]

do a couple of practise essays and give them to your teacher and write essay plans later