It seems that the people students are fighting back and making their voice heard on a facebook group. Some people are a bit upset with AQA. Sciencepunk blog explains the details further. On a bad exam related theme he also links to an interesting forum thread on The Time’s science questions. I really could not believe some of these questions. Stop the earth, I want to get off.
Here are a few of my favourite…
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January 26, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Actually, if I am honest, I think it is pretty obvious that C is the correct answer to the first multiple choice question. Although I do see how this would mess your head. It is not a nice question.
C may be the correct answer, but is it the BEST answer….. http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/gallery/moonie.jpg
January 27, 2010 at 11:04 am
phew…I think she heard me shouting! can’t trust those scientists!
January 27, 2010 at 5:39 pm
[…] As our students in the Biology department follow the AQA specification, I got a chance to look at the famous ’shrew’ paper. My first thought was that the paper had a lot of good biology in it. It was heavy on statistics […]