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What you need to do to get better marks. What markers want you to know. Use APA6. Markers already know you are clever and capable. Markers want to give you marks but you need to help them. How? 1. Answer the Question. 2. Know the Marking criteria. 3. Do what is says 4. Use conventions of Academic Writing 3.1 Demonstrate,  Show Evidence Of We give you marks for what you show. 3.2 Growth of subject knoweledge. Critical thinking. Insight into material covered.

Show basic knowledge of terms and readings. Spell out abbreviations. Correct scholarly writing

Critical thinking about the subject and readings. Have I shown the "So what?"  Evaluative and showing both sides of the story.

4. Show clearly your own ideas. In Academic writing, if you do not clearly indicate where an idea comes from, the reader presumes you are claiming it as original thought. Your critical engagement with the ideas. It's up to you to demonstrate the seperation of ideas, what's yours and what is the readings. To get more marks: Read the question Answer it. All of it. Know the marking criteria Remember markers want to give you marks but you have to demonstrate what you know Be specific Use academic writing Clarify what is you idea and what is someone else Show critical and evaluative thinking