I have a friend (not one of my students) who was recently told she
couldn't have *any* adjustments to this calculations exam. She normally
has 25% extra time and a room of her own for managing anxiety and
distractability.
Friend's university tutors couldn't/wouldn't supply the NMC regulations
which said any of this and I couldn't find them either. Friend argued
that in the realworld the calculations are done on a noisy ward or room
off a noisy ward which is easier for her than silence of an exam room.
If some nursing schools allow 25% extra time then there is already
discrepancies between what different HEIs are allowing for the same
professional practice exam which seems unfair to me. I tried looking
for the NMC regs for my friend and couldn't find anything, maybe we
could be asking the NMC to publish publicly their views and not leave it
on an HEI by HEI basis.
Natalya
On 11/11/16 09:50, Elaine Shillcock wrote:
> This is a matter of competency to do the job though. We don’t make
> adjustments if it is a core competency.
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> I have checked with our School of Nursing, and the person I spoke to
> says she is fairly sure we don’t and that it is because the NMC have
> specific guidance around this. She is going to get a definitive answer
> on Monday.
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> Kind regards
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> Elaine
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> Use of a calculator
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> Dear All,
> I would suggest that not allowing students with SpLD to use a calculator
> could significantly disadvantage them. They may know how to do the
> calculation, but not be able to do the mental processing involved,
> regardless of additional time. Also, knowing this may be coming up and
> that they won't have a calculator could cause stress and reduce their
> performance overall. I think this is a case of considering what the
> underlying course aims and required competences are. I suspect that the
> ability to do mental arithmetic (desirable though this may be) is not
> one of them. However, I would suggest restricting this to manual
> calculators without a case to prevent anything being hidden
> electronically or under the case.
> Marion
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