Guide to answering to what extent question And Examples.pdf

A guide to help students to plan and answer "to what extent" type questions. Originally done for IGCSE Environmental Management

1. READ PLAN WRITE
How to Answer a “to what extent type question”

2. Past Exam Question
Level 3 [5-6 marks]
A detailed and balanced answer covering an evaluation of education as a
strategy and including other strategies. The best answer will include detailed
examples.
Responses will reach a conclusion that education is important but cannot be
the only solution to population size.
[6 marks]
Level 2 [3-4 marks]
Answer will discuss education strategies and may describe other strategies.
The response may reach a conclusion but there is lack of supporting evidence
or examples
Level 1 [1-2 marks]
Basic descriptive points covering education with little or no evaluation

3. Past Exam Question
[6 marks]
Level of response marking indicative content:
Many will agree that education is important but may conclude that is not
enough on its own. Candidates may cover the education of women in
particular and the fact that education is better in MEDCs than LEDCs.

Knowledge of the cost of raising children may be discussed. Good answers
will cover other strategies that can be used, such as availability of
contraception, family planning clinics and improved healthcare, meaning
children are more likely to reach adulthood.

Others will cover government strategies (pronatalist or antinatalis) and may
give specific examples, eg the old antinatilist “one-child policy” in China, or
sterilisation in India, or the pronatalist Singapore policy of three or more
children if you can afford it. Education also brings an awareness of the global
issues of human population size.

4. Answer A

5. Answer A – Examiner’s response
0

6. Answer B

7. Answer B – Examiner’s Response
5

8. Answer C

9. Answer C – Examiner’s Response
3

10. 1.Identify key words , instructions and command words in the
question - using B.U.G.

Command word quiz
B - Box the command words
U - Underline key concepts and phrases
G – Glance back at the question or Go
over while writing and check you have
answered the key points
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•READ

11. “To what extent….”
How to answer these type of questions.
•It is asking that the answer discuss how one idea has greater
in validity (is more reasonable or correct) than others.

•Can also be phrased “how much do you agree...”

•Many different options:
Agree completely
Disagree completely
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree

•Compile an argument to support your positon based on
evidence

•Address any counter arguments or other opinions to your
own

•PLAN

12. “To what extent….”
How to answer these type of questions.
•PLAN

13. “To what extent….”
How to answer these type of questions.
•Follow the PEE structure
Write out a list of points or opinions
Include other opinions or arguments that go
against your own position.
Note down examples or evidence to
support each of your
points/arguments/opinions
•Can be as a bullet points or spider diagram
(mind map)

•WRITE

14. Introduction language
There are many reasons why…
There are a variety of reasons why…
There are multiple reasons why …

In this essay I will discuss the importance of …
In this essay, the importance of …will be discussed.

Specifically,
In particular,
Conclusion language
To summarise, most significant
It has been shown that…… least significant
…..is more significant than……
strongly agree / disagree
partly agree / disagree
In conclusion, the evidence points to….
Considering ... it can be concluded that ...
Overall, it can be seen that….
Main POINT EVIDENCE or
EXAMPLE
EXPLAINING language
It can be argued that…
One reason for…….
One idea is….
Firstly….
An important point is………
A key idea is………

However, an alternative view
is…
A different point of view is…
In contrast….
An example of this
is…..
For example….
Evidence to support
this idea is…..
To support this
argument…..
For instance…..
A good illustration of
this is…
This shows that..
The reason for this is…
This means that……..
It can be seen from this that…….
Therefore, this example shows that…
This is because…
The evidence points to…
Also…
In addition….
Furthermore…
meaning that…
with the result that…
As a result…
Following this…

15. Past Paper Question:
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