Understanding the question
Deconstructing the task
Deconstructing the task
Before you start to write your report, essay or assignment - you need to understand exactly what you are being asked to do. To do this you need to break down the question. Watch this vidcast from the Learning Development Centre in the School of Health and Life Sciences to get you started.
Any question can be broken down into three parts:
- Directional or instructional words
- Key concepts or subject matter
- Relationship and identification words
SMILE by Imperial College, Loughborough University and the University of Worcester, modified by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.