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EDEXCEL MATHS PAPER 1 - GRADE BOUNDARY PETITION (10,000+ signatures)

so this petition has been going around, directed towards edexcel to lower the grade boundaries for todays maths paper 1. Over 10,000 people have signed it.
Thoughts?

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 1

MsFahima

20

To be honest, the exam board made the questions according to the syllabus. They cannot and wouldn't put questions that the GCSE students would never be able to work out.

However, as the students have found it hard and the overall results may be not as good and therefore the exam board may lower the grade boundaries.

I think a petition was not necessary.

Reply 2

yolande1

OP

2

Original post by MsFahima

To be honest, the exam board made the questions according to the syllabus. They cannot and wouldn't put questions that the GCSE students would never be able to work out.

However, as the students have found it hard and the overall results may be not as good and therefore the exam board may lower the grade boundaries.

I think a petition was not necessary.

I completely agree. The justification for the petition is that some of the questions were A Level questions, which I think they definitely weren't!
Obviously there are more challenging questions but it is all on the GCSE spec

Reply 3

MsFahima

20

Original post by yolande1

I completely agree. The justification for the petition is that some of the questions were A Level questions, which I think they definitely weren't!
Obviously there are more challenging questions but it is all on the GCSE spec

The exam board will never give A-Levels questions. The students need to toughen up.

Reply 4

Rainbowhorror01

2

Original post by yolande1

so this petition has been going around, directed towards edexcel to lower the grade boundaries for todays maths paper 1. Over 10,000 people have signed it.
Thoughts? Is a petition necessary? or even sensible?

Why do they need to petition it
The top 20ish% of candidates will get an A*, and so on
That's how they always do the grade boundaries
I don't see the problem

Reply 5

RachJess4

3

A petition will have no effect; grade boundaries are made depending on how everyone did, they don't just choose a random number. It's kinda funny though how huge the hype is over the exam though :P I mean yeah it was hard but it wasn't THAT bad!

Reply 6

StressedByDay

3

I think it's because it wasn't a 'typical edexcel exam' there were no circle theorems, vectors and simultaneous equations like all the past papers

Reply 7

Kitty-meaw

12

Original post by StressedByDay

I think it's because it wasn't a 'typical edexcel exam' there were no circle theorems, vectors and simultaneous equations like all the past papers

Was so prepared and looking forwards to those questions!! :frown:

Do you think they will come up for the non cal instead?

Reply 8

Rachel_01

1

If you cant answer the questions you shouldn't get higher grades, simple as. It was an easy paper for many so i hope they dont lower the boundaries, its unfair on people who actually do well in maths.

Reply 9

tengentoppa

18

If the exam was difficult then the grade boundaries will be low anyway. Any idiot who has signed this petition obviously has no idea how exam marking works.

Reply 10

StressedByDay

3

Original post by Kitty-meaw

Was so prepared and looking forwards to those questions!! :frown:

Do you think they will come up for the non cal instead?

Circle theorems and vectors will come up.

Reply 11

Akashi

5

I doubt people are being fair at all; just looking at themselves and how hard they found it doesn't call for a petition to lower grade boundaries. Considering that quite a few people found it difficult, the grade boundaries will naturally be lower.

Reply 12

StressedByDay

3

Anyway I ****ed up anyway, it's my fault , but just gotta do well in the calculator paper.

Reply 13

Suhpav

5

Original post by StressedByDay

Anyway I ****ed up anyway, it's my fault , but just gotta do well in the calculator paper.

Tell me about it SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS BETTER COME UP!

Reply 14

gdunne42

21

Original post by StressedByDay

I think it's because it wasn't a 'typical edexcel exam' there were no circle theorems, vectors and simultaneous equations like all the past papers

There's another exam on Monday, expect circle theorems, vectors and simultaneous equations among other topics ..........

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Reply 15

alow

19

Original post by tengentoppa

If the exam was difficult then the grade boundaries will be low anyway. Any idiot who has signed this petition obviously has no idea how exam marking works.

100% this. It'll all be put onto a Gaussian distribution anyway, the grade boundaries will be lower if it was a more difficult exam.

Reply 16

games211

16

bump get it to 100,000 after my s1 flop

Reply 17

Levai

4

Where can I sign it guys?

Reply 18

Vcumner

1

My son sat the exam and he has studied really hard and was predicted an A. He walked out saying it was really hard and he could not do some of the questions. If you don't have a child sitting the exam you do not & can not really say the students need to toughen up!

Reply 19

10anewton

1

The reason people are petitioning to lower the boundaries isn't because they don't understand the maths, its because the questions were poorly worded. I took that exam and have been getting A's and A*s but I feel slightly cheated as the questions vagueness confused me. I think it's unfair to say it was an easy paper, it came down to if you think in the same way the examiner does and see the connections between the question and information given.

EDEXCEL MATHS PAPER 1 - GRADE BOUNDARY PETITION (10,000+ signatures)

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