Which GCSE subject takes the 'GCSE Colouring' crown?

2016_GCSE

What paper for what subject has the most colouring / Shading/sketching???

The ones I think of:
Geography
Resistant Materials
Maths

Art

Original post by Pens&Papers

Art

Does art have a paper?

Reply 3

Peppercrunch

Surprisingly, GCSE Geography for me had barely any colouring. Same with AS and A2.

Also - in geography exam papers, there's no colouring in sadly. Although, I have to admit that you have to draw diagrams for some questions, though I think there was only one diagram question in my GCSE Geography paper.

Art GCSE was all coursework I believe.

Maths

Geography isn't really about colouring in. It's about having things coloured in for you which you then have to interpret.

You get choropleth-PTSD after a while.

Reply 6

username2752874

Original post by 2016_GCSE

What paper for what subject has the most colouring / Shading/sketching???

The ones I think of:
Geography
Resistant Materials
Maths

Considering that all papers for all subjects are scanned to be sent to examiners electronically, literally all GCSE subjects are mostly done in traditional, black ink. However, prior to GCSE, such as Year 9, biology and geography had the most colouring in. I can't tell you how many times we had to colour and label all the different organs of each organ system, or colour and label rivers, countries, mountains in those subjects.

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Reply 7

chemistrynerd13

I personally think the whole Geography and colouring in thing is just offensive and is rude. On my GCSE paper, didn't have to draw one diagram or colour in. People enjoy stereotyping it that way but forget about the case studies and piles of information you need to learn. Although you need to know sketches to assist In explanations, it is NOT colouring in and should be treated as a much better subject.

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Reply 8

fatima1998

one and only

Spoiler

Reply 9

saladays

Graphics. I had to colour in a bloody toy train. No one ever taught me how to colour in the 'texture of foam'!

Reply 10

tg1998

My Aqa GCSE geography coursework was basically a colouring exercise with a short essay thrown in to remind the examiner it want an art GCSE.

Reply 11

Lemur14

Volunteer Section Leader

I still haven't found where the colouring in maths is...
Graphics students always seem to be colouring something but that's probably not in the paper
We definitely have a fair amount in electronics papers but I would say history...because you don't understand the sources so you end up colouring them in!