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how examiners capped mathematically 40%

Hello everyone

I am a student at the University of Bedfordshire and I retook an exam.I completed two questions out of five with full references plus a presentation. I passed in presentation but I failed in 38% in this assignment. I believe my writing style was appropriate and unfairly marked, and here raises the question of how they capped mathematically 40% in a well-written assignment.

thank you

Reply 1

sahjahn

How many questions were you supposed to answer?
Look at the rubric for the exam and the markscale/grade descriptors to find out how marks are awarded.

Reply 2

yudothis

I can see why you failed. Your English is terrible and your writing makes little sense.

Reply 3

LawlietOrMello

I thought retakes getting capped were normal. My uni for example caps retake scores at 50%.

If you got 38%, that means you didn't hit the 40% cap anyway. Not that they reduced your marks or something. However if you disagree with your score then you'd have to contact the uni I'm guessing.

Reply 4

Ruby1997

Unfortunately it's a common practice - I resat an exam this summer which was worth about 60-70% but was capped at 40%.
Did you pass the module/year overall? As long as you did and the assignment wasn't pass to progress you should be fine

Reply 5

vicky11

has been required to complete two questions out of five.

Reply 6

vicky11

Original post by yudothis

I can see why you failed. Your English is terrible and your writing makes little sense.

Thanks for your sympathetic comment.. you made my day
have a lovely day :wink:

Reply 7

martin7

The marker will have given an academic mark for the piece of work according to their academic judgement. The marker doesn't apply any capping -- if they think the work deserves (say) 63%, then that's what they give it.

The capping at 40% is purely an administrative process. The admin staff will probably be entering the academic mark (e.g. 63%) into the student records system but with a flag that says that it needs to be capped at 40%. (I don't know if that's how it works at your university, but it's a likely approach.)

There should be a route by which you can get feedback on why you got the mark you did. Contact your department and ask.