How to cheat at exams (Monday 28th of April 2008 02:41:00 PM)
It doesn’t often come up directly, but people sometimes hint at it " can you, should
you cheat at exams, and if so how can you get away with it?
Well I have to say at the
outset that I’m not a fan of cheating, ...
(more)Interesting University opportunity (Monday 21st of April 2008 12:13:00 PM)
I had an interesting and potentially important meeting last week with the head of the External
Courses department of a London university " I won’t give details of where and who
just yet, but hopefully if things develop, you’ll be reading ...
(more)The Exam Knack (Tuesday 15th of April 2008 12:38:00 PM)
Some people seem to find exams easier than others " and are said to have got ‘the
knack’. Now if someone finds an exam difficult because they haven’t put in the work
and actually learnt the subject matter, well that’s just ...
(more)How to pass exams 2: Using the Exam Axiom (Friday 28th of March 2008 12:01:00 PM)
I wrote last time about what I call the exam axiom "
To pass any exam, score more
points than the pass mark
Of course it sounds obvious " that’s what an axiom is
a statement of an indisputable starting point, like x ...
(more)How to pass exams: the Exam Axiom. (Monday 17th of March 2008 04:37:00 PM)
There’s a lot written and talked about passing exams, tests or whatever. And lots of it
is true and useful. But it’s easy to miss the wood for the trees sometimes when
you’re being bombarded with ‘good advice’ from left, ...
(more)What are exams for? (Thursday 28th of February 2008 08:33:00 PM)
You may not like them, you may not enjoy them, but have you ever stopped and asked the question
" what are exams actually for? Because until you answer that question, you can’t
argue that they do or don’t work. If you want to claim ...
(more)Oral exams and sloppy thinking on exams (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 11:59:00 PM)
A recent story in the press about a proposal to substitute oral exams for continual assessment
in foreign language exams raised a lot of hackles! The trouble with this kind of thing is that
people see headlines and opinions, and comment from there, rather ...
(more)It’s Valentine’s Day, love your examiners! (Thursday 14th of February 2008 11:11:00 PM)
Examiners are a much maligned breed. Along with traffic wardens, and tax inspectors, nobody
seems to love them. Well it’s Valentines Day today, so how about giving them a hug?
OK, maybe not literally, but at least metaphorically. When you've ...
(more)Exam coaching " what’s that then? (Wednesday 13th of February 2008 09:32:00 PM)
Have you ever taken an exam and let yourself down? You had worked hard for the exam "
maybe not well, maybe not properly, but you had put the work in. And you failed, or maybe got a
grade you knew you didn’t deserve. It ...
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