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4. Evaluation
Evaluation may include any of the following:
Effect on different stakeholder groups (this is the most valuable section at
4/14). Which stakeholders benefit (land owners) and which are the losers?
First time buyers trying to get onto the housing market?
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Questioning the validity of a theory - the diagram clearly shows that the
tax will reduce the number of smokers in HK however the real impact will
depend on the PED and the degree of addiction to nicotine.
Definite conclusion or judgement as to the best option (link to SR and LR
or stakeholders most affected.
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IA Reflections.
To what extent have you done this?
Criterion A (Diagrams) _____ marks (3)
Do you have relevant, accurate and correctly labelled diagrams, with a full
explanation that refers to both the article and the diagram.
Criterion B (Terminology)_____ marks (2)
Terminology relevant to the article is used appropriately throughout the
commentary.
Criterion C (Application)_____ marks (2)
Relevant economic concepts and/or theories are applied to the article
appropriately throughout the commentary.
Criterion D (Analysis) _____ marks (3)
There is effective economic analysis relating to the article.
Criterion E (Evaluation)_____ marks (4)
Judgments made that are supported by effective and balanced reasoning.
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Commentary exemplar
The tax is going to be set at 50pence per unit so we know the tax is a
specific tax.
The article makes clear the current price per unit and the suggested
minimum price so effective application of the diagram is possible.
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Example 2
It is clear from the article that energy drinks are causing a serious
health problem. The article suggest a tax on energy drinks. What kind
of tax would it be and how effective would it be as a short term
solution? What are the long term options.
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Teachers role in the process
As part of the learning process, teachers can give advice to students on a first
draft of the internally assessed work.
This advice should be in terms of the way the work could be improved, but
this first draft must not be heavily annotated or edited by the teacher.
The next version handed to the teacher after the first draft must be the final
one (page 88).
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March 2018
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