The thing that worries me is this:
if you are preparing your pupils for exams what do you
spend an extra amount of time on especially if it is a
new syllabus?
The Specimen Papers!
You go through the marking scheme, the topics and the
style of questions.
Imagine how pleased your pupils are when SOME of the
same/similar topcis come up - even to the extent of
using the same business! (McDonalds)
Those just finishing the AEB old syllabus if they had
previously worked through recent papers were probably
given the specimens just for practise.
Imagine how pleased they too were!
I wonder how many of the 'eighteen topics' will
appear....
DH
--- Julie Parton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I wondered if the dates of the source materials for
> the AS Samples and the
> AEB final exams are similar (I've not got anyone
> entered for AEB A level so
> haven't seen the paper).... perhaps the temptation
> to use the surplus
> materials collected for one paper for the other was
> just too much of a
> temptation. Having said that to use basically the
> same questions does show
> AT THE VERY LEAST a lack of imagination.
>
> I wonder if anyone has actually sat down and drawn
> up a grid detailing
> topics covered by each exam session - are there some
> topics which have a
> much greater probability of being covered than
> others?
>
> I remember in the dim and distant past when I was
> doing A levels being given
> lists of "banker" questions! Are we saying that this
> is the case with
> AEB/AQA or is this just a one-off?
>
> Having just made the move from Nuffield to AQA I
> must admit that I find this
> thread somewhat disturbing. It will be interesting
> to see how this months
> AS questions shape up!
>
> Julie Parton
>
>
>
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