20-11-2009, 05:56 PM
31-01-2010, 11:53 PM
First an apology to anyone who felt that I and other not-so-young members asked too many of the questions of the examiners. I was certainly conscious of this, but to be honest there did not seem to be that many YM keen to ask anything. I certainly hope that we didn't deter anyone but were rather asking the sort of things that students wanted to know but didn't feel like asking. In some ways those of us who are somewhat older can be more challenging to the examiners because we know them better and we can make a point which doesn't run the risk of sounding like personal special pleading as it might if it came from a current student.
In particular on this occasion I needed to ask questions on behalf of students in India. Having spent a few days with a group of some 70 students earlier this month, I believe that there are some real issues to face and I had promised that I'd raise with the IRSE. I intend to talk to various people individually when I can, but I needed to take this opportunity of the formal Exam Review to make the concerns public at the appropriate juncture.
Anyway find attached my take on the Exam Review meeting.
I expect the IRSE will be publishing official minutes in due course but this may take some time and are likely to be less detailed in certain areas- I hope that in the meantime at least people find my notes useful. If anyone finds errors or realises that I have missed anything important out, please add your information / comments here and I'll update.
In particular on this occasion I needed to ask questions on behalf of students in India. Having spent a few days with a group of some 70 students earlier this month, I believe that there are some real issues to face and I had promised that I'd raise with the IRSE. I intend to talk to various people individually when I can, but I needed to take this opportunity of the formal Exam Review to make the concerns public at the appropriate juncture.
Anyway find attached my take on the Exam Review meeting.
I expect the IRSE will be publishing official minutes in due course but this may take some time and are likely to be less detailed in certain areas- I hope that in the meantime at least people find my notes useful. If anyone finds errors or realises that I have missed anything important out, please add your information / comments here and I'll update.
02-02-2010, 10:09 PM
(31-01-2010 11:53 PM)PJW Wrote: [ -> ]Anyway find attached my take on the Exam Review meeting.
Thanks Peter for taking the time to do this - and doing it so soon after the meeting.
I was not able to attend the YM proceedings last week, so this early feedback through the forum is much appreciated.
As some will probably know by now, my exam intent is with Modules 1 4 6 and 7. I think this is the first time I have studied this table ...
Numbers getting grades M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 Total
Distinction 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
Credit 2 10 7 0 3 2 2 26
Pass 24 28 20 1 20 0 14 107
Near Miss 15 10 11 1 4 0 2 43
Fail 36 9 41 0 12 1 7 106
... for any exam year.
I am not struck not so much by the results, but by the very very low take up of Module 4 ... is there really that little interest ? Maybe this is chickens and eggs ... no study group -> no interest -> etc [see later].
Can I ask what might seem a silly question ? Apart from it being a higher level of pass, does a ''credit'' mean you get credited with something that can be used to offset something else ? Or does it just indicate a pass worthy of credit ?
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02-02-2010, 11:34 PM
03-02-2010, 12:01 AM
Peter's notes are comprehensive and a fair reflection of what was said. Whilst afterwards there were comments about the take-over of the not-so-young members, those that did want to speak did ask questions.
Personally I was there out of curiosity having sat the exams in 2009. From my own perspective having listened to the examiners and to other candidates a lot of the issues surround preperation - or the lack of it. Perhaps by posting here I'm preeching to the converted though!
Read the exam reviews, decide and state exactly the practice you are using where appropriate and submit practice papers when the oppurtunity arises. If you do them under exam conditions you will get a real flavour of how you are doing. The feedback I recieved from Peter was invaluable - thanks again.
Finally, to prove even the examiners aren't perfect either, both the Mod 5 candidates that got Distinctions didn't do the TC question, if you catch my drift!
Dan
Personally I was there out of curiosity having sat the exams in 2009. From my own perspective having listened to the examiners and to other candidates a lot of the issues surround preperation - or the lack of it. Perhaps by posting here I'm preeching to the converted though!
Read the exam reviews, decide and state exactly the practice you are using where appropriate and submit practice papers when the oppurtunity arises. If you do them under exam conditions you will get a real flavour of how you are doing. The feedback I recieved from Peter was invaluable - thanks again.
Finally, to prove even the examiners aren't perfect either, both the Mod 5 candidates that got Distinctions didn't do the TC question, if you catch my drift!
Dan