<p>Dumb question i know. but what are ID’s? for example “The midterm will consist of a few IDs”
no class i’ve taken before has referred to anything on an exam as ID’s so i have no clue what the TA is talking about. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>If you’re taking a history class, an ID is an important term related to history (date, person, place, movement, etc…) that you need to be able to provide details and significance for. If you’re not taking a history class, an ID is probably still an important term that you’ve had assignments on and need to know.</p>
<p>awsome thanks, yeah it’s a history class.</p>
<p>an ID means you’ll have to identify either a term, place, event, person, etc. You need to include who, what, when, where, significance</p>
<p>i.e. ID - Napoleon Bonaparte</p>
<p>He was the Emperor of the French Empire during the early 1800s. He rose to power in France following the French Revolution. He is significant because he passed the Civil Code, which created a standard for Europe in regards to common laws. At the same time, Napoleon’s reign included a large scale war against Europe where the French Empire expanded as far as Russia. This was significant because it elevated France as a major power. During these Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon created infrastructure among neighboring countries and created conscription armies. The combination of forced military service, a common civil code, development of infrastructure and war created unity among European nations and fostered the beginnings of nationalism, which would significantly impact the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries.</p>
<p>That’s what you should write if you want to get full credit.</p>
<p>yeah, I’ve noticed that a lot of TA’s will tell you shorter answers are better but then give out more points always to the longer answers. Don’t fall for this.</p>
<p>Well, I’d say you have to keep it within reason. Writing a huge paragraph when they asked for a few sentences is a bit overkill, in my opinion… plus, if it’s just an hour long midterm, I’m sure that time would be better devoted to writing the longer answer / essays, if there are any.</p>
<p>I’ve found that filling in about half a bluebook page, single-spaced, tends to yield maximum credit. If you budget your time wisely, and you are really efficient in ripping through them on the exam, they should be relatively simple as long as you know the material. </p>
<p>If in doubt, always err on the side of writing more, not less. (Unless you are not certain what you are writing is factually correct).</p>
<p>From my experience, an ID should be close to half a page long in a bluebook page. A midterm shouldn’t ask many IDs, so half a page is reasonable. I’ve always received maximum credit when I wrote half a page per ID.</p>
<p>For the record, I’m a History major, so throwing out there that I’ve taken numerous History midterms and finals and did well on most of them.</p>