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Source Analysis Tips and Tricks to get a Band 6
pughg16:
And...further to the above (I meant to add it in but pressed post too quickly :o) I love PRU!! ;D She is truly the best way to go ;)....and also very easy to make a plan for....
In a table, have P, R, and U across the top, and the sources down the side....this makes it a lot clearer to plan for. Not very genius or original, but just to help anyone whose struggling and feels like they need an easy plan! 8)
sudodds:
--- Quote from: pughg16 on October 17, 2016, 05:00:21 pm ---Sudodds, your breaking down of reliability is awesome...into factual and as evidence.
I'm thinking that an exxample of how to distinguish would be with propaganda, if the question was about "how propaganda was used..." I could say that the contents of the propaganda would be unreliable as a source of informantion, however as a source of evidence as to how propaganda was used, it is highly reliable...
That is just made up, so would sound clearly when talking about a particular source, but is that what you are meaning by breaking it down into two types of reliability?
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Yes that is exactly what I mean (though I didn't come up with it haha, Bruce Dennett who wrote the syllabus did!), propaganda is probably the best example.
However be wary about saying unreliable and reliable in the same sentence, because even though you are correct, if the markers not careful they may look at that and just assume you're sitting on the fence. So maybe say this instead:
Though as the source is a piece of propaganda the veracity of the source is limited, overall the source would be highly reliable as evidence of the use of propaganda in regards to blah blah etc etc.
That way you're saying the same thing, but don't look like you are sitting on the fence. The word "overall" is really good when making a differentiated judgement :)
olr1999:
Hi! The multiple choice questions in the source sections are normlly tricky and you really have to think about it carefully. Are there any tricks to getting through these more easily? Thanks!
sudodds:
--- Quote from: olr1999 on November 11, 2016, 08:58:15 pm ---Hi! The multiple choice questions in the source sections are normlly tricky and you really have to think about it carefully. Are there any tricks to getting through these more easily? Thanks!
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They're hard because they try to trick you - particularly in regards to the wording of questions. Often an answer seems obvious, but people forget that the MC is still source based, not just general knowledge, so sometimes the source may contradict what you have been taught to believe. So basically my biggest tip would be to take your time, read over the source carefully, and read the question really carefully, find the answer that is the most correct in regards to the source, not just the correct answer in general.
Also, just doing practice MC will help a heap because you can start to get used to those types of trick questions, and sense how they normally appear :)
Hope this helps! Good luck :D
olr1999:
--- Quote from: sudodds on November 11, 2016, 09:02:58 pm ---They're hard because they try to trick you - particularly in regards to the wording of questions. Often an answer seems obvious, but people forget that the MC is still source based, not just general knowledge, so sometimes the source may contradict what you have been taught to believe. So basically my biggest tip would be to take your time, read over the source carefully, and read the question really carefully, find the answer that is the most correct in regards to the source, not just the correct answer in general.
Also, just doing practice MC will help a heap because you can start to get used to those types of trick questions, and sense how they normally appear :)
Hope this helps! Good luck :D
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Thankyou!
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