 |
 |
HOw about talking to the department / examiners etc about the possibility of adjusting the ratio of assessed work and examined work? Alternatively, cut down the exam time - we have a physically disabled student who was never going to be able to show his full potential in a 3 hr exam with extra time. He contacted an educational psychologist, who has assessed him since childhood, who said rather bluntly in a report that if he was assessed in a 3hr exam it would be unfair and discriminatory. We referred him to another ed. psych for advice on a suitable type of assessment. We then met with the department, who liaised with external examiners, and cutting a long story short, he is being assessed by a little extra coursework (not too much extra) and a cut-down exam, ie instead of answering 4 questions out of 8, he will, for example, answer 2 out of 4, with extra time, but still in total less than the full exam would have been. Hope this helps -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of M.A.Archer Sent: 17 November 2000 16:11 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: extra time in exams Does anyone have any solutions to the problem of a student being allocated 50% extra time in exams, but then finding the exam too long? Even with a split exam, one of our students, who has a visual impairment, could be sitting four and a half hours of examination in one day. Mike Archer Disability Support Co-ordinator University of Kent at Canterbury 01227 823119 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%