If you're doing AQA Business Studies then how getting
the students to resit in the summer. They have to do
no extra revision cos they have to revise it all for
the A2 (although they will bring forward some of their
revision which will benefit them). It won't disrupt
other A2s really cos the AS exams come first and the
students have such a good grasp of the AS course by
then that they are almost bound to improve their mark.



--- JOHN EVESON <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mark's e-mail was the spur for me to put finger to
> keyboard., to ask for help on an issue that is
> causing me a lot of frustration, ie resit exams.
> My current Head of Sixth, who is also the Deputy
> Head, of a large school in Suffolk has adamantly
> refused any of my business studies or economics
> students resit exams at A/S level unless there are
> extenuating circumstances e.g. illness on the day of
> exam or a massive difference in performance of one
> module compared to another e.g. A A E on units 1-3
> etc. His reasons are the disruption that resits will
> cause to other subjects, a devaluing of the A/S exam
> (it does not matter if I fail in year 1 as I can
> always resit again next year) and the additional
> burden that sitting A/S exams place on students who
> are studying for A2 exams.
> In my two previous schools I have always encouraged
> students to resit exams to maximise their chances
> with considerable success.
> Is there objective statistical information out there
> web based or otherwise that shows how resit exams
> improve performance as I wish to challenge this
> school policy. Interesting though hearsay and
> uncorroborated evidence is it will hold little sway
> in the school.
> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mark Potts
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:51 PM
>   Subject: Re: AQA Bus Studies Unit 6 results
>
>
>   No desire to boast here but there may be some
> instructional thing in this. I entered my students
> for Economics Unit 1 exam in January of Year 12. In
> June of Year 12 they all sat Units 2 and 3 and
> re-sat Unit 1. Two students left the course at this
> point and they all re-sat Units 2 and 3 in January
> of Year 13. They did their coursework as Unit 4 in
> Year 13 and sat Units 5 and 6 in June of Year 13. I
> was delighted when all six got A or B grades, the
> best results in Westwood St Thomas School for any
> Advanced Level course and tremendous value added for
> those students from their GCSE results.
>
>   Years of playing the system with GNVQ may have
> helped to maximise the students chances.
>
>   Mark Potts
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Julie Parton
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>     Sent: 06 September 2002 12:14
>     Subject: Re: AQA Bus Studies Unit 6 results
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     I wasn't too impressed with my results, for
> years I have managed +0.5 to +1.1 on value added
> against ALIS predictions ... this time the figure
> was NEGATIVE. No grade A's, two fails and too many
> dropping out during Y13 because they just couldn't
> cope with the demands placed upon them.
>
>     I'm not sure how to apportion the blame between:
>       a.. the teachers,
>       b.. the work load of students and teachers,
>       c.. too much time spent in the exam room,
>       d.. the AQA spec,
>       e.. the inconsistencies in the papers and the
> marks achieved by similar candidates in our three
> partner schols,
>       f.. very harsh coursework moderation,
>       g.. the whole curriculum 2000 thing,
>       h.. the increased time students spend on paid
> employment (2 jobs = work 27 hours = U),
>       i.. having babies (my other U).
>     At the end of Y12 my students did their paper 2
> and got generally low marks. They re-sat at the end
> of Y13 and all improved .... some by over 200%, no
> extra teaching - just the complimentary part of the
> spec covered!!!
>
>     Would we get better results if all students
> re-sat Papers 1, 2 and 3 at the end of Y13 as a
> matter of course?
>
>     I also had a very good GCSE candidate (he got an
> A*) who needed to be stretched so I also entered him
> and a friend for AQA BUS1, he got a B and his friend
> who got a GCSE C got an AS D. Not really sure what
> conclusions to draw ... but it makes you wonder
> doesn't it?
>
>     Julie Parton
>     >From: CBRO
>     >Reply-To: For teachers and lecturers interested
> in curriculum issues affecting the te
>     >To: [log in to unmask]
>     >Subject: Re: AQA Bus Studies Unit 6 results
>     >Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:46:20 +0100
>     >
>     >desperation is the wrong word - concerned is
> more appropriate, particularly as there seems to be
> inconsistencies in the results. That's what's wrong
> with it.
>     >
>     >But judging by the feedback, I guess that
> others haven't had this problem.
>     >
>     >-----Original Message-----
>     >From: Graham Crewe
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>     >Sent: 05 September 2002 17:20
>     >To: [log in to unmask]
>     >Subject: Re: AQA Bus Studies Unit 6 results
>     >
>     >
>     >why? what's wrong with it? you sound
> desperate!!!
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >--- Katherine Virgo
>     > wrote:
>     > > Could someone please let me know how I
> remove my
>     > > name from this list.
>     > >
>     > > Many thanks
>     > > Katherine
>     > > > ----------
>     > > > From: Piers
>     > > Coutts[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>     > > > Reply To: For teachers and lecturers
>     > > interested in curriculum issues
>     > > > affecting the te
>     > > > Sent: 05 September 2002 15:50
>     > > > To: [log in to unmask]
>
>     > > > Subject: Re: AQA Bus Studies Unit 6
> results
>     > > >
>     > > > Our results were OK on average on this
> module, but
>     > > we had a very wide
>     > > > spread and some surprises.
>     > > > We had A 5, B 6, C 7, D 5, E 3, U 4. Two
> good A
>     > > grade candidates got C and
>     > > > D, and two B grade ones Ds, but some
> weaker ones
>     > > got UMS scores over 100.
>     > > > All part of life's rich pattern I
> suppose...
>     > > >
>     > > >
>     > > >
>     > > > Piers Coutts
>     > > >
>     > > > Economics & Business Studies Department
>     > > > The King's School
>     > > > Ely
>     > > > Cambs
>     > > > CB7 4DB
>     > > >
>     > > > 01353 653916
>     > > >
>     > > > -----Original Message-----
>     > > > From: CBRO [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>     > > > Sent: 05 September 2002 11:45
>     > > > To: [log in to unmask]
>
>     > > > Subject: AQA Bus Studies Unit 6 results
>     > > >
>     > > >
>     > > > I continue to be really baffled by these
> results
>     > > at our centre in that
>     > > > they are so low. Consistent A grade
> students
>     > > achieved C or lower.
>     > > >
>     > > > I am getting scripts back but in the
> meantime, has
>     > > anyone had a similar
>     > > > experience?
>     > > >
>     > > > Also, if anyone had good results from this
> unit,
>     > > please can you give me
>     > > > tips as to how you achieved your
> success!!!!!
>     > > >
>     > > > Overall achievement rate was up but the A
> grades
>     > > were sadly lacking and
>     > > > well below the national average. Many B
> grade
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