Psychology PSYA4 - Research Methods Question - 21/06/11.

Hey, just sat this mornings exam. Quick question, did anyone not realise that there was a page on the back for research methods? About a third of my year didn't see it, another third saw it within the last ten minutes and didn't have enough time to answer the question sufficiently. I'm so annoyed. Looks like I wont be going to Uni anymore.

I understand that you should always check the back but you're in exam conditions you are pressured. I checked the paper first to see the questions I needed to answer. The questions ended at the top on the last page. Usually exam boards right in big letters in the centre of the page to turn over for further question. This time there was no indication. I've spoken to others that saw the question last minute and they said that they can't recall seeing instructions to turn over, they were just lucky enough to see it in time. I agree with you that is is has been said to students several times to check front and back but I think in this instance, the fact that so many people have missed it from numerous exam centres in the UK means that regardless, grade boundaries will decrease in accordance to the majority.

Please get back to me if anyone else experienced this.

Sarah

After Question 23 it says in bold:

Section C continues on the next page

Not quite sure what you're complaining about. Why should grade boundaries be lowered just because some people can't read?

Hey, just sat this mornings exam. Quick question, did anyone not realise that there was a page on the back for research methods? About a third of my year didn't see it, another third saw it within the last ten minutes and didn't have enough time to answer the question sufficiently. I'm so annoyed. Looks like I wont be going to Uni anymore.

I understand that you should always check the back but you're in exam conditions you are pressured. I checked the paper first to see the questions I needed to answer. The questions ended at the top on the last page. Usually exam boards right in big letters in the centre of the page to turn over for further question. This time there was no indication. I've spoken to others that saw the question last minute and they said that they can't recall seeing instructions to turn over, they were just lucky enough to see it in time. I agree with you that is is has been said to students several times to check front and back but I think in this instance, the fact that so many people have missed it from numerous exam centres in the UK means that regardless, grade boundaries will decrease in accordance to the majority.

Please get back to me if anyone else experienced this.

Sarah

After Question 23 it says in bold:

Section C continues on the next page

Not quite sure what you're complaining about. Why should grade boundaries be lowered just because some people can't read?

Yeah, my mother is a psychology teacher,and apparantly the psycholgy-teaching world has eruupted in fury. All th teachers are writing to the board complaining- make sure your teacher does as well. Hopefully, they will deduct the marks from the paper total!
So don't worry, loads of people did this, and you could still have done OK overall.
Good luck...

Sorry but deduct marks from the papers total? What about the students who actually managed to read the writing and complete the other side, will those marks not be counted?

Nobody in my college didn't find the back page, and my psychology teacher thought it was one of the nicest papers she had seen - no complaints over here!

So I don't know exactly how it works,but I knowthat if lots of teachers complain, there are things which can be done (I wanted to show the OP there is hope!). If most people found it, they will maybe not change anything.
The actual questions were very fair, and I'm happy your college felt it went well.

I think it was mainly because of the page formatting,they left a HUGE gap between questions and this is certainly misleading,especially in a stressful situation.