Have you ever wonder what teachers mean by evaluation? Many students have asked me this during my classes.
Well to put it simply, evaluation for the AQ is not just simply stating whether you agree or disagree. You would need to provide a reason to support your point. So how exactly should you evaluate? Well you can consider commenting on the limitations or applicability of the author’s point or even how persuasive/convincing the author is in bringing across his point of view.
Here are some tricks that you could possibly use to help you in your evaluation to make it SUPER:
S– Span (whether the argument applies only to the past and not the present day context and vice versa)
U– Underlying assumption of the author
P– Perfect world vs Reality (does the argument exist only in theory/ in a perfect world, but not applicable in reality?)
E– Effectiveness of the argument
R– Reach (what are the different demographic groups which this argument applies to? surely it can’t apply to all?)
Using this framework, I’m sure you would be able to impress your tutors with your AQ from now on!
