model evaluation
What model evaluation means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for WJEC.
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Reference: WJEC
Evaluating whether the outcome is realistic, consistent with known boundary conditions, and sufficiently accurate, and articulating specific modifications required to refine the cycle.
Checking boundary conditions, physical dimensions and practical domain limits to assess a model.
Topics that use model evaluation
- Algebra and Functions (A2 Unit 3: Pure Mathematics B) (WJEC A-Level)
- Overarching themes - Mathematical problem solving (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- accuracy and rounding
- algebraic division
- algebraic modelling
- cancelling factors
- change of sign
- Concave up
- contextual interpretation
- Convergence
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