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Formulating Evaluative Statements

The document discusses how to formulate evaluative statements when summarizing a text. It defines what an evaluative statement is and explains that it presents the strengths and weaknesses of something based on criteria. It also discusses components of attitudes and provides guidelines for writing clear evaluative statements, including showing how judgments are reached and quantifying strengths and weaknesses.

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Formulating Evaluative Statements

The document discusses how to formulate evaluative statements when summarizing a text. It defines what an evaluative statement is and explains that it presents the strengths and weaknesses of something based on criteria. It also discusses components of attitudes and provides guidelines for writing clear evaluative statements, including showing how judgments are reached and quantifying strengths and weaknesses.

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FORMULATING

EVALUATIVE
STATEMENTS
Direction: Suppose your parents give you an option of the gift you want to receive
on your graduation day. This is for you to be motivated to maintain your academic
standing in your class. Your choices are illustrated below.

ACTI
VITY
1
Answer the following questions and write your
responses on a sheet of paper.
1. From the choices above, which will you
choose and why? 2. If you were your parents,
what do you think would they tell you after
knowing your choice? List down the possible
statements you may hear from them.
How did you choose your preferred graduation gift? What did you notice
with the statements you have written in question number two?

For sure you have your own bases and considerations for your own
choice. In the situation above, you may have evaluated each option for
you to come up with the best one. At the same time, you may have
considered your needs and interests as well as the usefulness and the
value of each offer. The same rule applies when you evaluate any reading
text. You also need to consider your bases as evidence in order to validate
or verify your assertions or claim about what you read. For the second
question, your parents may have given you evaluative statements that
express their assessment about the choice you made.
• Every readers aims for satisfaction out of material read may it be
personal, social, intellectual, and/or spiritual. To ascertain this, one needs
focus and discernment.
• In this process of reading, he/she needs to keep a watchful eye to content,
context, semantics, syntax and very importantly significance. This bears an
impact to the degree of satisfaction one experiences. In certain cases
however, apart from being conscious about these elements, readers have the
natural tendency to evaluate the reading material in general and some
statements therein in particular.
•In account to this, it is essential that a side from
evaluating statements read from text, it is likewise
necessary to formulate evaluating statements about
the text read.
WHAT IS EVALUATIVE STATEMENT
Evaluation refers to the making of value judgement. The
taking of position in a controversy involves value
judgement. To support the position,we have to make value
judgement as well. Making value judgement involves the
use of certain criteria against which are determine whether
something is good or bad,strong or weak,beautiful or ugly
etc.
WHAT IS EVALUATIVE STATEMENT
It is statement that tells one’s sound judgement about
something through writing which is supported by reasons
and pieces of evidence.
It presents the strengths and weaknesses of something
based on a set of criteria that needs to be factual,
substantial, and unbiased.
Explanation:

The evaluation begins with an evaluative statement that says, “You


(referring to the writer) composed an impressive poem.” It is followed by
giving a positive feedback to the writer specifying the strengths of the
poem.

2) However, the rhyme of your writing is forced. It seems that the words
were chosen for the sake of having a rhyming effect that somehow affect
the emotional connection between the reader and the poem itself.

Explanation:
In the second paragraph, the evaluator mentioned about the weaknesses
she saw in the writing.
3) To improve your work, you should be careful in choosing
the appropriate words to be used to best express the
meaning and emotions you would like the readers to
understand and feel. It should be considered over the rhyme of
the poem. Remember, a poem may or may not have a rhyme but
if you choose to have one, the meaning and the emotional appeal
of the poem should not be compromised. In this way, you can
have a good connection with the readers and would therefore
make them appreciate your poem more.

Explanation:
Finally, a suggestion was given to the writer at the third paragraph
for the improvement of the poem.
BUNNIN and YU(2004)
Disclosed that in philosophy of
language and ethics,some
philoshophers suggest that we
distinguish between two kinds o
meaning of expressions.
Descriptive meaning contributes to a bare presentation of
facts, as in claim “This strawberry is sweet”. Evaluate meaning
functions in a different way by offering an assessment, as in the
claim “This strawberry is good”. This descriptive meaning of a
statement can be determine by its truth conditions, while the
evaluating meaning cannot. This is because the descriptive
meaning is constant while the evaluative meaning varies with
the reactions of those using the expression.
RAMA RAO(2010)
Further expressed that evaluative statements cover three components of the
attitudes: likewise he noted that these concern objects, people, or events

Cognitive components of an attitude


→The beliefs, opinions, knowledge, and information held by a
person
Affective components of an attitude
→The emotional, or feeling, segment of an attitude
Behavioral component of an attitude
→An intention to behavein a certain way toward someone or
something .

• Attitudes are evaluative statements either favorable or unfavorable


concern objects,people or evens .They reflect how an individual feels
about something.When a person says “I like my job” he or she is
expressing an attitude about work. To better understand attitude,we
will look at its three components:
Cognition, affect and behavior. The cognitive component of an
attitude is made up of the beliefs, opinions, knowledge, and
information held by a person. The affective component of an attitude
is emotional, or feeling segment of an attitude. Cognition and affect
can lead to behavioral outcomes. The behavioral component of an
attitude refers to an intention to behave in a certain way toward
someone or something.
To aforementioned theories and ideas lead the reader to be
equipped with knowledge and skills on way one evaluates
statements of the written text.

Using Evaluative Statements to Define STRENGTHS and


WEAKNESSES

1.Statements should be evaluative, not descriptive. What


possible, include specific information which enables strengths
and weaknesses to be quantified. Show why something is
strength or shortcoming, rather than just the facts.
2.Use data and benchmarks wherever possible - compare
performance benchmarking data or show trends over previous
years. Compare outcomes to targets set previously by the
provider. This helps to put raw data into context, and to show
that standards are improving and provider is moving on.

3.Be clear about where there are genuine strengths ,rather


than normal features which would be expected any provider.
Compliance with statutory or contractual obligations is a
norm, not a strength.
4.Show the impact of both strengths and weaknesses - if
surveys and reviews are undertaken to assess effectiveness,
how are the results acted on? If there is a shortcoming, how
does it impact on learners and other stakeholders?

5.Make statements clearer and more robust by showing how


judgements have been reached.
STRENGTHS

CLEAR STATEMENTS
UNCLEAR STATEMENTS

Learners attainment is consistently high


(which learners?)How high is the Full-time learner attainment is well above
attainment rate?How does it compare to national comparators (65% against a
sector benchmarks or the providers own sector average of 54%)
targets?
The effectiveness of support sevices is
The effectiveness of support services is
reviewed on termly basis and the
regularly reviewed (how often?What
outcomes are reported to the governing
happens to the results of the review?)
body
WEAKNESSES

UNCLEAR STATEMENTS CLEAR STATEMENTS

Learner completion has fallen over the


Learner completion for 2005/06 was
last year (by how much? Was there a
68% below our target of 70%
quantified target?)
Arragements for reporting on
Standarlized management information on
performance are underdeveloped which
learner recruitment,retention and
areas of performance? What arragements
attainment are produced at programme
need to be developed? What is the
level,but not for individual courses.
impact?
With the aim to make the reading activity more meaningful, these
guidelines will help the readers as they evaluate significant statement. As they
do so, they too will analyze whether the action/statement is good or bad, right
or wrong, moral or immoral. Moreover looking into its electiveness and
quality is highly essential.
In other words, reading is not comprehensive without evaluated certain
statements therein. This time the reader is able to transform statements to
judgements based on their knowledge, attitude and behavior.
The following will help you formulate evaluative
statements:
1.Examine the entire text. Scan the part you find significant. Jot down
notes/reasons what made it significant.
2.The reliable evidence to support your views and feelings.
3.Have a copy of the strengths and weaknesses. Once organized, counter check
the statements.
4.Evaluate whether or not your output covers the essential elements and is worthy
for sharing with the other readers.
5.Look back and reflect on the activity you have just accomplished.
Putting things together, you have now
clearer understanding on how to
formulate evaluative statements. In this
way, ideas and opinions or author are
neither directly affirmed or negated
rather, a good substance for richer
discussion.
Formulating Counterclaims

To be an effective critical thinker, it is not enough just to


be able to identify claims and assertions. The ability to
analyze an argument is essential to understanding the
text more deeply, but understanding the claim is not the
only facet of the argument. You must also learn how to
analyze the counterclaims and evidence provided by the
text. Being able to recognize and formulate counterclaims
in reaction to an argument is a characteristic of a good
critical reader.
Four Elements of Argument

1. CLAIM - is a statement that asserts facts based on one’s understanding


about a particular topic or issue.

In the given example, Martha asking his father to buy her a smart
phone is an example of a claim.

2. COUNTERCLAIM - is just the opposite of claim. It is a statement that


contradicts one’s claim and is usually proven and supported by both
reasons and evidences.

Mang Tonyo’s negative response to Martha’s claim is an example of


counterclaim.
3. REASON - is the part of an argument where a statement offers an
explanation behind a party’s claim.

Martha’s offering of valid reasons to convince Mang Tonyo that she


needs the smart phone is an example of reason.

4. EVIDENCE - is the statement that proves the truth of a claim and


generally leads to the conclusion of an argument.

Martha provides evidence of the necessity of using smartphone as


part of the new normal life in the time of corona virus is an example of
evidence.
PERFORMANCE TASK 1

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