What is an overview?
In order for
you to get above a 5 for TA, you need to write an overview, which is a summary
of the most significant information given. You will be given marks for this in
TA for how well you selected this information, and you will lose marks if you
write information that is of less significance in it.
This overview shouldn’t
have any specific data in it; it should just summarise the key features. This
means that you won’t write any numbers; you will just state that X ,for
example, was the most popular brand, Y was the least popular, and X and Y were
similar in that….. .
When you are writing an overview for data that has numbers
in it (not diagrams and maps), these are the most important things to write in
them:
a) highest
number/lowest number
b) main
similarities/ main differences
c) Most
dramatic change/difference and least dramatic change/difference
Look at how
important an overview is in the table below from the band descriptors:
Band
|
Task Achievement
|
4
|
attempts
to address the task but does not cover all key features/bullet points; the
format may be inappropriate
may confuse key features/bullet
points with detail;
parts may be unclear, irrelevant, repetitive or inaccurate
|
5
|
generally
addresses the task; the format may be inappropriate in places
recounts
detail mechanically with no clear overview; there may be no data to support the
description
presents,
but inadequately covers, key features/bullet points; there may be a tendency
to focus on detail
|
6
|
addresses
the requirements of the task
(Academic)
presents an overview
with information appropriately selected
presents
and adequately highlights key features/bullet points but details may be
irrelevant, inappropriate
|
7
|
covers
the requirements of the task
(Academic)
presents a clear
overview of main trends, differences or stages
clearly
presents and highlights key features/bullet points but could be more fully
extended
|
8
|
covers
all requirements of the task sufficiently
presents, highlights and illustrates
key features/bullet points clearly and appropriately
|
When you
write an overview, you should start off with a linker. A good linker to use for
your overview is ‘Overall.
Here is a
video that summarises nearly everything you need to know
about overviews in around 10 minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIo-QPYdbTA&t
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