What is meant by Evaluation in ToK Essay ?

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[@eeeeee781]

Hi, in the evaluation how many different points of views should we express? Like there's already one point of view in the knowledge claim so should the evaluation just consider one other or should it consider multiple? what would be optimal for the best marks? The prescribed title I am writing on is May 2025 "Does acquiring knowledge destroy our sense of wonder? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge."

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There's no hard & fast rule as to how many different points of view you should include. A range of multiple perspectives that allow for a "clear, coherent, & critical exploration of the PT" is the unsatisfactory answer. Maybe as a starting point go for 2-3 evaluation points for each AoK, at least one should be illustrated with an example.

[@eeeeee781]

​@@toktoday7978 Thank you so much for responding! I really appreciate it. For each evaluation point should it be like one whole paragraph? so in total the essay would have 6 evaluation paragraphs ideally or am I misinterpreting something? I am also doing two implication paragraphs, one for each AOK. For now in terms of evaluation paragraphs I have 3 for the first AOK (NATURAL SCIENCES) and 0 for the second AOK (HUMAN SCIENCES). I have written an evaluation paragraph for Biology and then an evaluation paragraph for Physics. Each evaluation paragraph following the respective discipline's explanation and evidence. Then an overall evaluative paragraph of the entire AOK 1.

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You need to keep within the 1600 word limit whilst also covering both AoKs, so 6 evaluation paragraphs is probably too many. There's no single definitive structure that works for all essays, it very much depends upon the arguments that you are developing in your essay, and how you have developed them. I would recommend asking your teacher to look at the essay, or arrange a coaching session/written feedback with me: www.toktoday.com/shop/tok-essay