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Command Terms: Assessment Objectives in Practice

This document discusses assessment objectives and command terms for an IB Business Management course. It provides examples of how each assessment objective is addressed through both internal and external assessments. Assessment Objective 4, which addresses demonstrating a variety of appropriate skills, is the focus. It is addressed through paper questions, internal assessments, and criteria that emphasize skills. The document also defines command terms classified by assessment objective level, from demonstrating knowledge and understanding to demonstrating synthesis and evaluation. It notes teachers and students must understand these terms to grasp the cognitive demands of exam questions.

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Command Terms: Assessment Objectives in Practice

This document discusses assessment objectives and command terms for an IB Business Management course. It provides examples of how each assessment objective is addressed through both internal and external assessments. Assessment Objective 4, which addresses demonstrating a variety of appropriate skills, is the focus. It is addressed through paper questions, internal assessments, and criteria that emphasize skills. The document also defines command terms classified by assessment objective level, from demonstrating knowledge and understanding to demonstrating synthesis and evaluation. It notes teachers and students must understand these terms to grasp the cognitive demands of exam questions.

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Assessment objectives in practice

Assessment objective Which component addresses How is the assessment


this assessment objective? objective addressed?

4. Demonstrate a variety of • External assessment External assessment


appropriate skills • Internal assessment • Paper 1 (SL and HL): all
sections
• Paper 2 (SL and HL): all
sections, emphasized in
section A
Internal assessment
• SL: emphasized in criteria
A, B, C, F and G
• HL: emphasized in criteria
A, B, C, G and H

Command terms
Command terms are used both in the syllabus content and in examination questions to indicate depth of
treatment. They are classified below according to the assessment objective (AO) levels.

AO1—Demonstrate knowledge and understanding

AO2—Demonstrate application and analysis

AO3—Demonstrate synthesis and evaluation

AO4—Demonstrate a variety of appropriate skills

Cognitive demands progress from AO1 to AO3, while AO4 terms are specific to particular skills. Teachers
and students must be familiar with the assessment objective levels and the command terms in order to
understand the depth of treatment required in teaching and in examination questions.

In the syllabus content, the assessment objective levels are specified instead of particular command terms.
This gives teachers flexibility to work with the most relevant command terms at the given assessment
objective level.

For use of command terms in examination questions, please refer to the assessment section of this guide.

The command terms within each assessment objective level are listed in alphabetical order in the following
table. Definitions of the terms are listed in the “Glossary of command terms” in the appendix to this guide.

Assessment objective Key command term Depth

1. Demonstrate knowledge Define These terms require students


and understanding to learn and comprehend the
Describe
meaning of information.
Outline
State

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Assessment objectives in practice

Assessment objective Key command term Depth

2. Demonstrate application Analyse These terms require students to


and analysis of knowledge use their knowledge and skills to
Apply
and understanding break down ideas into simpler
Comment parts and to see how the parts
Demonstrate relate.

Distinguish
Explain
Suggest

3. Demonstrate synthesis Compare These terms require students


and evaluation to rearrange component ideas
Compare and contrast
into a new whole and make
Contrast judgments based on evidence
Discuss or a set of criteria.

Evaluate
Examine
Justify
Recommend
To what extent

4. Demonstrate a variety of Annotate These terms require students to


appropriate skills demonstrate the selection and
Calculate
use of subject-specific skills and
Complete techniques.
Construct
Determine
Draw
Identify
Label
Plot
Prepare

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