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IDENTIFY  \n2. DEFINE  \n3. DESCRIBE  \n4. COMPARE  \n5. EXPLAIN  \n2022 Fall Update Exam Results 3  \nExplain  \n• Higher level thinking  \n• May be seen in seven ways:  \n1. Explain why  \n2. Explain how  \n3. Explain ONE way in which  \n 4. Explain the strength of a theory or process  \n 5. Explain the limitation (or weakness) of a theory or process  6. Explain a limitation of the stimulus  \n 7. Explain the degree to which  \n2022 Fall Update Exam Results 4  \n• Note that in this seven-part FRQ, there are five explain task verbs  \nExplain in APHG Set 2 FRQ 3  \n2022 Fall Update Exam Results 5  \nAPHG 2022 Q1: Changes in Agricultural Production and Food Processing in More Developed Countries  \nAPHG 2022 Q1: Changes in Agricultural Production and Food Processing in More Developed Countries  \nStudents were expected to know about the processes influencing large-scale commercial agriculture, and how it relates to economic factors (such as agglomeration, and commodity chains) and political factors (such as migration or border policies) .  \nGeneral observations on student performance:  \nStudents did well with:  \n• Part A: describing one way that labor costs influence the location of food processing facilities in more developed countries  \n• Part E explaining one way that government policies banning genetically modified organisms may favor small family farms over large-scale commercial agriculture.  \nStudents struggled with:  \n• Part C: explaining how the development of large-scale commercial agriculture has led to the agglomeration of food processing facilities in towns and rural areas of the United States and Canada  \n• many students did not seem to understand the concept of agglomeration  \n• Part G: explaining the degree to which migration or border policies in the European Union would affect the movement of agricultural laborers among its member countries.  \nImproving student performance  \n∙ Emphasize vocabulary. Students’ entry point into each part of the question was based in vocabulary from the CED. An understanding of agricultural technology, agglomeration, and commodity chains were all necessary for success on this question.  \n∙ Encourage students to label the sections of the questions (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) as it makes it much easier for the reader to see the earned points. They may also skip a line in between each part (but do not skip a line in between each sentence as student will run out of paper!)  \n∙ Teach the difference between “describe” and “explain.” Reinforce that “describe” must include a rich description and “explain” must encompass how and/or why. 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