Stop Mid-Programme Assessment Changes for Part-Time PgDL / MA Law Students Cohort '25-'27
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I'm a maths teacher. I did the paper with my colleagues yesterday. It is the first paper I've ever done that I couldn't complete in time. An A Level paper usually takes me 55-90 minutes. There was no point in the paper that I could take confidence in an answer. There were many incidents where not getting the solution to part a made part b inaccessible. The question structure disadvantaged average and weak students- eg if you could not access the radians question, you couldn't do the Newton Raphson. This means if you have insecure knowledge in some areas, you may not get the marks for areas of secure knowledge. Time saving 'tricks' eg use of symmetry in sin function disproportionately benefit further maths candidates. The differential equation was unnecessarily fiddly and full of pitfalls- an average student could not gave done that question (if they could at all) in 11 minutes for the 11 marks. The only other time I have complained about a paper, the only complaint Edexcel upheld was that they'd used deliberately obscure product notation for a simple integration. Imagine then mu surprise that they've done it again! Luckily I think most teachers teach it now after we were bitten last time. Students found this exam demoralising and stressful. It didn't need to be this bad, and it cannot possibly test across the ability range. Weak students will have given up based on this experience. Does anyone actually test run these papers? What is the quality control process???
Emily supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.After question 6 what even was the paper about
Jared supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.this paper was not representative of how other past papers have looked in the past, the questions were abstract and difficult.
anne supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.that shi was genuinely written by benjamin netanyahu himself
honor supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.What’s the point in a show me question if you can’t complete part b and c of the question without part a?
Edward supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.I got 80% on every practice paper, but I bet I got 20% on this
Isaac supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.I am purely shocked and appalled by the breach of promise that Edexcel have done for this paper. I was generally well prepared, even sick, for questions, even ones that were difficult, ENTIRELY ON THE BASIS THAT THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE. But it seems like this paper just broke that promise made in 2019. I have improved in general terms since getting a C on my mock, and I fear that my university chances will be ruined because of this paper. Sure, I got questions wrong that maybe a few others have got right. But in no way did I feel that many of those questions were even remotely assessing the knowledge of the specification or general mathematical capability of the average student. My heart goes out to those who have been traumatized or have been unfairly affected by this paper, I am in the same boat and desparately need a B, which I may not get.
Joseph supported: PETITION FOR EDEXCEL TO STOP MOCKING THEIR CANDIDATES.Someone literally fainted in the exa
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