1. Acting on Feedback How to use essay feedback constructively

2. Purpose of feedback • Feedback and comments on essays should explain areas where improvement could be made • It is important to understand the comments that tutors often make • Rectifying these areas can lead to significant improvements in future assignments

3. Need for more.. • Elaborate • Explain further • Expand • Substantiate your claims • Analyse

4. Need for less… • Too descriptive • No argument • Too lengthy • Not to the point • Omit • Confused/Unclear

5. Argumentation – structure and flow • Take this further! • Logic: Point B does not follow from A • What is the connection? • Fallacies

6. Structure • Weak introduction • Where is your thesis statement? • So what? • Weak conclusion

7. Quality of research • Unreliable source • Insufficient Research • Misinterpretation • Misrepresentation