An A/A* student is not a ‘smart’ person

Reply 100

meme259

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smart ppl r smart enough to know that u have to learn the mark scheme to do well and therefore they do well

Reply 101

Tolgash

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Original post by Retired_Messiah

"technically correct" would be the same as a "correct" one. If it wasn't the correct answer it wouldn't be technically correct. But the technically correct would become "wrong" because of pure exam technique rather than anything to do with one's biology proficiency.

You mean the exam technique of accurately selecting specific terms, concepts and examples in your answer? That seems entirely fair.

Reply 102

black1blade

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Original post by Retired_Messiah

"technically correct" would be the same as a "correct" one. If it wasn't the correct answer it wouldn't be technically correct. But the technically correct would become "wrong" because of pure exam technique rather than anything to do with one's biology proficiency.

Thing is with stupid things like that, basically nobody gets those marks so it doesn't really matter. Our physics teacher looked at a break down of the AS paper average marks per question part and some of the averages were like 0.1/2 XD.

Reply 103

black1blade

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Original post by Tolgarda

You mean the exam technique of accurately selecting specific terms, concepts and examples in your answer? That seems entirely fair.

There are cases where 2 terms/ statements are pretty much totally equivalent and even in the textbook ect ect but it's not on the markscheme. This is a issue that arises due to the mass marking required. The person writing the markscheme may not have considered all the possible correct answers but not every marker is an expert so if personal judgement was used, it would be pretty unfair. At uni, often the people that write a particular question mark all the attempts, they know what they are looking for and give credit for correct answers even ones that aren't exactly what they had in mind.

Reply 104

Retired_Messiah

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Original post by black1blade

Thing is with stupid things like that, basically nobody gets those marks so it doesn't really matter. Our physics teacher looked at a break down of the AS paper average marks per question part and some of the averages were like 0.1/2 XD.

Yeah it tends not to make too much difference but it was always ****ing annoying nonetheless.

Reply 105

Ratchet Hoe

OP

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Original post by black1blade

There are cases where 2 terms/ statements are pretty much totally equivalent and even in the textbook ect ect but it's not on the markscheme. This is a issue that arises due to the mass marking required. The person writing the markscheme may not have considered all the possible correct answers but not every marker is an expert so if personal judgement was used, it would be pretty unfair. At uni, often the people that write a particular question mark all the attempts, they know what they are looking for and give credit for correct answers even ones that aren't exactly what they had in mind.