Build counterclaims that test TOK claims

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TOK practice: Build counterclaims that test TOK claims

A student has a claim about an oral family story that conflicts with a written archive and needs a counterclaim. Choose the counterclaim route that genuinely tests the claim. Select the counterclaim focus, the case it tests, the counterclaim test, and the balance check. Then answer this in your own words: why would this route keep the TOK reasoning focused? AI will analyse your reasoning, example or object use, and expression.

Worked practice: build the knowledge question

Develop the TOK response in order: knowledge focus, real example, reasoning move, then a balanced reflection.

1 Step 1 — Frame the knowledge focus Identify the knowledge issue at the heart of the question. 2 Step 2 — Choose the example or object Select a real example or object that raises that knowledge issue. 3 Step 3 — Make the reasoning move Choose the reasoning step that develops the knowledge question. 4 Step 4 — Check the reflection State a balanced conclusion or limitation rather than an absolute claim.

TOK practice: Build counterclaims that test TOK claims

Worked practice: build the knowledge question

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