I always tot SS reliability qn can be one sided. What you are saying for the prove qn is that must write prove and not prove and conclude as does not prove issit?
Originally posted by davidche:I always tot SS reliability qn can be one sided. What you are saying for the prove qn is that must write prove and not prove and conclude as does not prove issit?
You MUST and CAN only write "Do not prove". If you wrote even a word about "Prove", then you're stuck at L2.
Q2 SEQ done. Anyone can type Q3?
Question 1d: Utility
USEFUL due to RELIABILITY > Cross reference
NOT USEFUL due to UNRELIABILITY > Cross reference
UTILITY in PURPOSE > UNRELIABILITY
However, source is still USEFUL because it is RELIABLE in that _____________.
This was what came from the SG markers of past year papers.
4 keypoints. Get all 4 right, 7 marks are yours. Always remember to link Utility with Reliability. This is SOCIAL STUDIES, not HISTORY. In history you link Utility with your common sense, in SS it isn't. You're supposed to use Reliability to answer Utility. The words "Useful" and "Reliable" are the must-have in your answers. If you answer in terms of "useful in content because bla bla bla" you might just fail your 1d. Note the keywords I bolded. Those are the ones that state your stand.
I dont know why garrick says that we cannot answer a Utility question with 'prove'. Students in my school have always been taught to write both sides, ie This source is useful because..... and this source is not useful because......
write 2 usefulness based on content (1 useful, 1 not useful)
write 2 usefulness based on CR (1 useful, 1 not useful)
got time, do purpose
if you only write this source is not useful because.....then i think you secured only L2 or partial L3 at most
Originally posted by xgamesterz:I dont know why garrick says that we cannot answer a Utility question with 'prove'. Students in my school have always been taught to write both sides, ie This source is useful because..... and this source is not useful because......
write 2 usefulness based on content (1 useful, 1 not useful)
write 2 usefulness based on CR (1 useful, 1 not useful)
got time, do purpose
if you only write this source is not useful because.....then i think you secured only L2 or partial L3 at most
Question 1b: Reliability
It proves ___________ because ___________. CR.
It does not prove ___________ because ___________. CR.
You need to show both sides.
yes i know. im asking why garrick says we can only write one side
Originally posted by xgamesterz:I dont know why garrick says that we cannot answer a Utility question with 'prove'. Students in my school have always been taught to write both sides, ie This source is useful because..... and this source is not useful because......
write 2 usefulness based on content (1 useful, 1 not useful)
write 2 usefulness based on CR (1 useful, 1 not useful)
got time, do purpose
if you only write this source is not useful because.....then i think you secured only L2 or partial L3 at most
You are not making sense. 1b is not a utility question. It is a reliability question.
I didn't say that you cannot write both sides, just that if you do, I ASSUME your marks would stop at L2.
I based this scheme off past year O level papers. If you had even took the effort to analyse the trend, there is always a "trick" source, usually Source E, which wants PROPER INTERPRETATION of the source. Writing something that shows that you don't UNDERSTAND will of course, cost you the marks.
It's like English, isn't it? Just like the "Osiris" question.
Originally posted by Oceane:Question 1d: Utility
USEFUL due to RELIABILITY > Cross reference
NOT USEFUL due to UNRELIABILITY > Cross reference
UTILITY in PURPOSE > UNRELIABILITY
However, source is still USEFUL because it is RELIABLE in that _____________.This was what came from the SG markers of past year papers.
4 keypoints. Get all 4 right, 7 marks are yours. Always remember to link Utility with Reliability. This is SOCIAL STUDIES, not HISTORY. In history you link Utility with your common sense, in SS it isn't. You're supposed to use Reliability to answer Utility. The words "Useful" and "Reliable" are the must-have in your answers. If you answer in terms of "useful in content because bla bla bla" you might just fail your 1d. Note the keywords I bolded. Those are the ones that state your stand.
d) Usefulness
This is by far the easiest one to score full marks.
Source E, unexpectedly, is the most straightforward source.
L1/1-2 - Describe source with supporting content or provenance. No assertion (Useful/Not useful)
Source E comes from Hong Kong.
Source E comes from a workers' rights association.
L2/3 - Useful based on content.
Source E is useful as it is from Hong Kong, hence gives me a viewpoint of an organisation.
L3/4-5 - Useful or Not Useful based on X-reference.
Source E is useful as it is supported by Source D.
Source E is not useful as it is challenged by Source D.
This happens because there are two antagonistic source details available for use.
L4/6 - Both aspects of L3.
L5/7 - Not useful based on proganda purpose.
Source E is not useful as it is from a workers' rights organisation and thus will fiercely defend the rights of SGeans workers.
If you fail this because of NO ASSERTION, then you deserved it.
Sorry, I don't get the point of your post.
Originally posted by Garrick_3658:You are not making sense. 1b is not a utility question. It is a reliability question.
I didn't say that you cannot write both sides, just that if you do, I ASSUME your marks would stop at L2.
I based this scheme off past year O level papers. If you had even took the effort to analyse the trend, there is always a "trick" source, usually Source E, which wants PROPER INTERPRETATION of the source. Writing something that shows that you don't UNDERSTAND will of course, cost you the marks.
It's like English, isn't it? Just like the "Osiris" question.
i only wrote one side. I said proved all the way.
On the other hand, if i wrote both sides and conclude with prove, whats your assesment of the marks.
I would say L2/3 the most. Perhaps the O level LORMS is more flexible, and may allow up to a maximum of four marks.