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How toppers approached this question

Q.1) a) 'Unconscious biases in parenting continue to shape gendered experiences in India.' Do you agree with this view? Discuss.

How toppers built answers of this type: the structure spine and the moves they converged on. Aggregated across real past-paper answers for this paper and directive, not this one question, so no question-specific evidence is shown. No answer text is reproduced.

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The topper method

Stance then justify

The spine toppers built

  1. Open

    • Define the key term first
    • Context-hook opening
    • Roadmap statement
  2. Build

    • Both sides before the verdict
    • Numbered enumeration
    • Directive-mirroring headers
  3. Close

    • Verdict conclusion
    • Forward-looking close

constructionMoves they converged on

  • Example as evidence80% of answers

    Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.

  • Verdict conclusion66% of answers

    End with a clear verdict.

  • Both sides before the verdict63% of answers

    Weigh both sides before taking a stand.

  • Stance then justify61% of answers

    Take a stance, then justify it.

  • Define the key term first58% of answers

    Open by defining the central term.

  • Numbered enumeration49% of answers

    Enumerate points as a numbered list.

  • Thinker / quote as authority44% of answers

    Invoke a thinker or quote as authority.

  • ‘However’ pivot36% of answers

    Pivot to nuance with a qualifier.

stairsEvidence toppers carried (per answer)

Examples ~2Thinkers ~1Concepts ~1Principles ~1People ~1Other anchors ~1Statutes ~1Current events ~1

account_treeCase anatomy · Gender & social justice

  • Ethical issues93% of toppers
  • Chosen option90% of toppers
  • Justification89% of toppers
  • Stakeholders76% of toppers
  • Options71% of toppers
  • Values in conflict57% of toppers
databaseGS4 · Stance then justify: derived from 59 real past-paper answers: counts, not copied prose

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