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So I have my first exam tomorrow, gah stupid finals.
Hopefully these will be the last exams I sit, not sure I could go another year of them, to make matters worse I also have an exam on my birthday which I dislike very much.
Anyone else get so easily distracted when they have to study?
I've been doing it for a few weeks now (only got stuck into it the past few days though cause I just can't seem to get my self to concentrate for any great lengths of time)
Anyways good luck to anyone else out there who is doing exams soon, I guess most of you students and school kids will be doing them soon enough. :0)
Hopefully these will be the last exams I sit, not sure I could go another year of them, to make matters worse I also have an exam on my birthday which I dislike very much.
Anyone else get so easily distracted when they have to study?
I've been doing it for a few weeks now (only got stuck into it the past few days though cause I just can't seem to get my self to concentrate for any great lengths of time)
Anyways good luck to anyone else out there who is doing exams soon, I guess most of you students and school kids will be doing them soon enough. :0)
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Mumbai Duck wrote:
> Oral could be good, if you had the right kind of people, with the
> right kind of attitude, assessing them.
XD
> Oral could be good, if you had the right kind of people, with the
> right kind of attitude, assessing them.
XD
GCSE ICT was crap.
Rubbish, boring subject.
Rubbish, boring subject.
gerrid wrote:
> what the hell kind of GCSE is that? Don't they do proper subjects at
> your school?
I put down for ICT in year 9 and they decided they did not want to run the course and gave us Business and Communications instead.
My school is also a 'Maths and Computing' college - but they didn't bother to run a Full Course ICT GCSE for us.
Ah well.
> what the hell kind of GCSE is that? Don't they do proper subjects at
> your school?
I put down for ICT in year 9 and they decided they did not want to run the course and gave us Business and Communications instead.
My school is also a 'Maths and Computing' college - but they didn't bother to run a Full Course ICT GCSE for us.
Ah well.
It would also take a lot longer to mark. Each "interview" will need to be assessed, and probably recorded for reference.
Of course, a continual assessment would work wonders. At first it'll scare the sh it out of students ("Work? We have to WORK?"), but say you have a small exam this week, exercise another, project for each term... divide all that up into small chunks and each one won't be worth so much on its own.
Plus, you'd get a good marker for how well you're doing throughout, instead of waiting a year to see that you've done crap.
Of course, a continual assessment would work wonders. At first it'll scare the sh it out of students ("Work? We have to WORK?"), but say you have a small exam this week, exercise another, project for each term... divide all that up into small chunks and each one won't be worth so much on its own.
Plus, you'd get a good marker for how well you're doing throughout, instead of waiting a year to see that you've done crap.
If I got asked a question and then had to answer it orally it would go like this:
"..."
"erm...yeah...well, basically erm the answer is erm...mumblemumblemumble erm so er yeahhhh..."
"..."
"erm...yeah...well, basically erm the answer is erm...mumblemumblemumble erm so er yeahhhh..."
Oral could be good, if you had the right kind of people, with the right kind of attitude, assessing them.
The problem with exam questions is that they can be too vague and ambiguous in trying to steer you towards what they want from you.
In an oral exam you have enough flexibility to get to someone's genuine understanding, and you can lead their answer to address the correct issues.
I find most coursework, and a lot of exams, to be as much about identifying what kind of stuff the markers want to read, as actually knowing information or understanding principles.
My current course is all coursework, finally!
I'm still having the odd problem where questions are structured in such a way that you simply can't be sure what the markers are looking for. And when you lose marks for not being a fricking mind-reader it can be infuriating.
Then again, there's a lot riding on this course for me, which may cause me to take it all too seriously.
The problem with exam questions is that they can be too vague and ambiguous in trying to steer you towards what they want from you.
In an oral exam you have enough flexibility to get to someone's genuine understanding, and you can lead their answer to address the correct issues.
I find most coursework, and a lot of exams, to be as much about identifying what kind of stuff the markers want to read, as actually knowing information or understanding principles.
My current course is all coursework, finally!
I'm still having the odd problem where questions are structured in such a way that you simply can't be sure what the markers are looking for. And when you lose marks for not being a fricking mind-reader it can be infuriating.
Then again, there's a lot riding on this course for me, which may cause me to take it all too seriously.
Oh and oral would be worse... don't be stupid.
I'd just like each my essays to count more than 10% maximum each.
I'd just like each my essays to count more than 10% maximum each.
Memorandum! wrote:
> I say get rid of coursework and have exams only.
Exactly.
I hate coursework more than anything in the world.
Reason? Motivation to do it. I'll start it with high aspirations for a good project, then as time progresses that motivation just goes, leaving all work till the last minute.
Exams are better for me.
You go into a room, you have a set amount of time, you do the work, then leave. No distractions, no motivation loss, it's all over in an hour or two. Done and dusted.
Anyway, I've got my A2 finals coming up soon, which actually isn't scaring me that much. I never really get nervous about exams, you just revise for them then churn it all out on a paper.
> I say get rid of coursework and have exams only.
Exactly.
I hate coursework more than anything in the world.
Reason? Motivation to do it. I'll start it with high aspirations for a good project, then as time progresses that motivation just goes, leaving all work till the last minute.
Exams are better for me.
You go into a room, you have a set amount of time, you do the work, then leave. No distractions, no motivation loss, it's all over in an hour or two. Done and dusted.
Anyway, I've got my A2 finals coming up soon, which actually isn't scaring me that much. I never really get nervous about exams, you just revise for them then churn it all out on a paper.
Exams make me feel ill for the whole of May.
My subjects at Uni are 60-70% based on a 1-3 hour exam which I think is unfair. I write loads of essays/presentations for months and it is only worth 40%... bah.
I just don't like them but can't camplain... if I wasn't so lazy they would be easy. I need 2 Bs (75-85%) in History if I want to go to Germany next year so I'm nervous. Sitting at 32-35%/40% for them both just now so should be okay.
My subjects at Uni are 60-70% based on a 1-3 hour exam which I think is unfair. I write loads of essays/presentations for months and it is only worth 40%... bah.
I just don't like them but can't camplain... if I wasn't so lazy they would be easy. I need 2 Bs (75-85%) in History if I want to go to Germany next year so I'm nervous. Sitting at 32-35%/40% for them both just now so should be okay.
Memorandum! wrote:
> I say get rid of coursework and have exams only.
Not a bad idea, wouldn't have to contend with ridiculous or false deadlines then.
> I say get rid of coursework and have exams only.
Not a bad idea, wouldn't have to contend with ridiculous or false deadlines then.
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