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Understanding Knowledge Issues (10 Levels, 50 points)  \nThis criterion is concerned with the extent to which the essay focuses on knowledge issues relevant to the prescribed title, and with the depth and breadth of the understanding demonstrated in the essay.  \nA relevant knowledge issue is one that directly relates to the prescribed title undertaken, or one that the essay has shown is important in relation to it.  \nDepth of understanding is often indicated by drawing distinctions within ways of knowing and areas of knowledge, or by connecting several facets of knowledge issues to these.  \nBreadth of understanding is often indicated by making comparisons between ways of knowing and areas of knowledge. Since not all prescribed titles lend themselves to an extensive treatment of an equal range of areas of knowledge or ways of knowing, this element in the descriptors should be applied with concern for the particularity of the title.  \n• Does the essay demonstrate understanding of knowledge issues that are relevant to the prescribed title?  \n• Does the essay demonstrate an awareness of the connections between knowledge issues, areas of knowledge and ways of knowing?  \n\n| Achievement Level | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 0 | Level 1 is not achieved. |\n| 1-2 | The essay includes very little treatment of knowledge issues that are relevant to the prescribed title and demonstrates little understanding of them. If present, areas of knowledge and/or ways of knowing are merely mentioned. |\n| 3-4 | The essay includes some treatment of knowledge issues that are relevant to the prescribed title and demonstrates a rudimentary understanding of them. Some links to areas of knowledge and/or ways of knowing have been attempted but they are largely ineffective. |\n| 5-6 | For the most part the essay treats knowledge issues that are relevant to the prescribed title, and demonstrates some understanding of them. Some effective links are drawn between areas of knowledge and/or ways of knowing. |\n| 7-8 | The essay consistently maintains as its focus knowledge issues that are relevant to the prescribed title. Effective links and some comparisons between areas of knowledge and/or ways of knowing are drawn, so that the essay demonstrates a good understanding of the knowledge issues under consideration. |\n| 9-10 | The essay consistently maintains as its focus knowledge issues that are relevant to the prescribed title. Effective links and comparisons between areas of knowledge and/or ways of knowing are elaborated, so that the essay demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the knowledge issues under consideration |\n\nScore: Level   Points    \nComments:  \nTOK Essay Criteria  \nStudent Name:   Total Score:    \nB. Knower’s Perspective (10 levels, 50 points)  \n• To what extent have the knowledge issues relevant to the prescribed title been connected to the student’s own experience as a learner?  \n• Does the student show an awareness of his or her own perspective as a knower in relation to other perspectives, such as those that may arise, for example, from academic and philosophical traditions, culture or position in society (gender, age, and so on)?  \n• Do the examples chosen show an individual approach consciously taken by the student, rather than mere repetition of standard commonplace cases or the impersonal recounting of sources?  \n\n| Achievement Level | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 0 | Level 1 is not achieved. |\n| 1-2 | The essay shows no evidence of independent thinking about the knowledge issues related to the prescribed title. There is limited personal engagement with the knowledge issues and no attempt to acknowledge or explore different perspectives. There are no appropriate examples. |\n| 3-4 | The essay shows very little evidence of independent thinking about the knowledge issues related to the prescribed title. There is some personal engagement with the knowledge issues. Different perspecti","cbCaib1VBXbEPGkk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib1VBXbEPGkk","pdf",38036,"English","# A. Understanding Knowledge Issues\n## B. Knower’s Perspective\n## C. 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