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Invigilation
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John Porcella
2004-08-27 21:41:48 UTC
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As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.

As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I was
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in notes
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would make
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions, he/she
also told them what to put in the answer!

Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!

I am sure it was not like that in my day...
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John Porcella
Ray Pang
2004-08-27 22:02:37 UTC
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Post by John Porcella
As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.
As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I was
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in notes
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would make
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions, he/she
also told them what to put in the answer!
Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!
I am sure it was not like that in my day...
It was like that in my day for GCSE English Literature. We had our "Tracks"
poetry source book full of notes. Those notes were as detailed as you could
be bothered to make them during lessons, and also reflected how much you
understood the poetry, or if you had a mate who was good at taking notes.
Still, in my class alone I seem to remember quite a varied range of marks.
Ian B.
2004-08-27 22:18:06 UTC
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Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.
As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I was
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in notes
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would make
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions, he/she
also told them what to put in the answer!
Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!
I am sure it was not like that in my day...
It was like that in my day for GCSE English Literature. We had our "Tracks"
poetry source book full of notes. Those notes were as detailed as you could
be bothered to make them during lessons, and also reflected how much you
understood the poetry, or if you had a mate who was good at taking notes.
Still, in my class alone I seem to remember quite a varied range of marks.
Actually, I thought it depended how good your teacher was in writing your
notes :-). It was like this in "my day" (2 years ago) too, also the lit
exams often mentioned things to include. If every student is on a level
playing field it shouldn't be a problem.
Ray Pang
2004-08-27 22:28:31 UTC
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Post by John Porcella
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.
As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I
was
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in
notes
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would
make
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions,
he/she
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
also told them what to put in the answer!
Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!
I am sure it was not like that in my day...
It was like that in my day for GCSE English Literature. We had our
"Tracks"
Post by Ray Pang
poetry source book full of notes. Those notes were as detailed as you
could
Post by Ray Pang
be bothered to make them during lessons, and also reflected how much you
understood the poetry, or if you had a mate who was good at taking notes.
Still, in my class alone I seem to remember quite a varied range of marks.
Actually, I thought it depended how good your teacher was in writing your
notes :-).
Ah, while my teacher was very competent, she didn't go as far as actually
writing what she was saying down for us. We had to pay attention and move
our wrists and fingers to actually put the notes down, don't y'know.
Matt
2004-08-27 23:24:21 UTC
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Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.
As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I was
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in notes
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would make
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions, he/she
also told them what to put in the answer!
Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!
I am sure it was not like that in my day...
It was like that in my day for GCSE English Literature. We had our "Tracks"
poetry source book full of notes. Those notes were as detailed as you could
be bothered to make them during lessons, and also reflected how much you
understood the poetry, or if you had a mate who was good at taking notes.
Still, in my class alone I seem to remember quite a varied range of marks.
That depends on the board. AQA allowed me a maximum of two words together,
and they had to be clearly linked to a line of text. No writing on blank
pages/chapter headings etc. either. We had a surprise visit from the
board too, and the guy checked everyone's book, he seemed happy.
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Ray Pang
2004-08-27 23:29:39 UTC
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Post by Matt
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.
As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I was
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in notes
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would make
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions, he/she
also told them what to put in the answer!
Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!
I am sure it was not like that in my day...
It was like that in my day for GCSE English Literature. We had our "Tracks"
poetry source book full of notes. Those notes were as detailed as you could
be bothered to make them during lessons, and also reflected how much you
understood the poetry, or if you had a mate who was good at taking notes.
Still, in my class alone I seem to remember quite a varied range of marks.
That depends on the board. AQA allowed me a maximum of two words together,
and they had to be clearly linked to a line of text. No writing on blank
pages/chapter headings etc. either. We had a surprise visit from the
board too, and the guy checked everyone's book, he seemed happy.
I think I was with Edexcel, and as far as I remember, it was free reign.
Notes absolutely everywhere.
James
2004-08-28 10:34:34 UTC
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Post by Ray Pang
Post by Matt
Post by Ray Pang
Post by John Porcella
As I was offered money to invigilate some university examinations, I
willingly agreed.
As I sat there reading through one of the final year question papers I was
shocked to discover that not only were students allowed to bring in notes
and books, the examiner had listed in parentheses what content would make
for a good answer! So not only did the examiner ask the questions, he/she
also told them what to put in the answer!
Other students were limited to bringing in one page of A4 handwritten notes!
I am sure it was not like that in my day...
It was like that in my day for GCSE English Literature. We had our "Tracks"
poetry source book full of notes. Those notes were as detailed as you could
be bothered to make them during lessons, and also reflected how much you
understood the poetry, or if you had a mate who was good at taking notes.
Still, in my class alone I seem to remember quite a varied range of marks.
That depends on the board. AQA allowed me a maximum of two words together,
and they had to be clearly linked to a line of text. No writing on blank
pages/chapter headings etc. either. We had a surprise visit from the
board too, and the guy checked everyone's book, he seemed happy.
I think I was with Edexcel, and as far as I remember, it was free reign.
Notes absolutely everywhere.
Same here for my GCSE english lit. I had numerous essay plans in the back of
my William Blake book.

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