Một phương pháp thay thế là sử dụng một sơ đồ giống nhau và khác nhau (trang 156). Điều này đặc biệt là để phân biệt giữa hai điều. Các tính năng phân biệt các phần của sơ đồ mà không chồng chéo lên nhau. Nhưng đừng quên sử dụng kính đeo mắt quá. | Essays and reports An alternative approach is to use a same and different diagram page 156 . This works especially well for distinguishing between two things. The distinguishing features are the parts of the diagram that don t overlap. But don t forget to use spectacles too. Structuring writing that evaluates Evaluation asks How good is it Critically appraise the care of the patient in this case study. Evaluate the government s fishing policy. Evaluate the teaching resource you have created. Let s take the evaluation of a teaching resource as our example. These questions are often structured by listing strengths and weaknesses. These can be written side by side in a sort of comparison table but don t forget to use spectacles. An alternative is to first establish criteria which the resource should meet. For example a teaching resource should explain clearly be easy to use require the student to make sense of it etc. These criteria can then be used in turn as spectacles to look at the resource. As part of any evaluation you should also consider alternatives - other resources that do the same or a similar job fitness for purpose - does the resource do what it is supposed to do This approach - devise criteria then use the criteria as spectacles - can be used to evaluate anything. Do consider alternatives and fitness for purpose in all evaluations. Other evaluation criteria or spectacles for evaluating teaching resources are shown on pages 386 and 395. An alternative approach is to use other graphic organisers such as mind-maps page 155 or visual essay planning pages 352-3 . Petty 2006 has a more detailed account of how to structure an evaluation. Sometimes students are required to evaluate the truth of a statement this is considered at the end of Chapter 38. Often it helps to describe what you are evaluating before evaluating it in which case you might use non-evaluative spectacles such as use of colour before evaluative ones such as effectiveness . Structuring writing
