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« Reply #30 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 17:32:14 » |
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Finished my second year ones a month or so ago - got the results already :\/
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« Reply #31 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 18:43:32 » |
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Finished mine 24 years ago They were proper exams then too. None of this 'coursework' malarkey. exams are bullshit though. the world's most pointless method of measuring academic achievement - get students to regurgitate words. i finish next week. i was expecting to go back next year but i've been told to 'do one', so now i have to find a job. |
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« Reply #32 on: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 19:40:49 » |
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it was my last day of college today. but starting a 2 year course next year only my 3rd/4th year of college  |
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« Reply #33 on: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 14:08:44 » |
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Finished mine 24 years ago They were proper exams then too. None of this 'coursework' malarkey. exams are bullshit though. the world's most pointless method of measuring academic achievement - get students to regurgitate words. As opposed to getting them to cut and paste from the internet or get help from Mummy and Daddy ? (That's not aimed at you personally sonic) |
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« Reply #34 on: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 14:11:51 » |
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which is why coursework ought to be done under more supervision and not entirely independently. the reason it has to be done at home is because the entire year is taken up with a narrow syllabus designed solely to get students to pass an exam, rather than actually learn or gain knowledge.
coursework at a-level and beyond is different as most of the students are there through choice so are far less likely to cheat, unlike at gcse where it's compulsory.
neither system is perfect though, so i suppose it's pointless really.
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« Reply #35 on: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 17:09:09 » |
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which is why coursework ought to be done under more supervision and not entirely independently. the reason it has to be done at home is because the entire year is taken up with a narrow syllabus designed solely to get students to pass an exam, rather than actually learn or gain knowledge.
coursework at a-level and beyond is different as most of the students are there through choice so are far less likely to cheat, unlike at gcse where it's compulsory.
neither system is perfect though, so i suppose it's pointless really. That sounds more like an exam to me, which in itself isn't a bad thing. The problem with FE exams is that they don't test application of knowledge. I suppose they would take even longer to mark if it was more interpretive though. |
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« Reply #36 on: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 18:42:19 » |
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which is why coursework ought to be done under more supervision and not entirely independently.
Thats what is was like with my History coursework. You got given a question two weeks in advance, which you then go off and research. On the day your alowed to take in two sides of bulleted pointed notes, and you then have an hour and a half to right up an essay. Quite easy really. |
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« Reply #37 on: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 21:34:46 » |
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Finished mine 24 years ago They were proper exams then too. None of this 'coursework' malarkey. exams are bullshit though. the world's most pointless method of measuring academic achievement - get students to regurgitate words. Amen to that. just finished my second year at Uni and im sick to the back teeth of just repeating lecture notes and odd journals in essays. but its the only way students will get assessed, but i agree its totally pointless |
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« Reply #38 on: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 21:39:39 » |
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My uni course was assessment based, no exams.
I find researching assignments, dissertations et al interesting - I never wrote an essay that re-worded a lecture, that's mundane and not the point of academic study ... in fact they would fail you if you tried to do that.
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« Reply #39 on: Friday, June 22, 2007, 19:16:33 » |
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They wouldnt in an exam, you'd get 40% if the essay was to be structured well, and if you were to do short answer questions a fair amount of work would be from lecture notes. you get the higher awards for doing wider reading and incorporating that into your essay/exam. Well thats how it works for me at Manc, might be completely different in Plymouth, or any other Uni, and for separate courses.
I'm starting my dissertation now, and am glad it counts as 25% towards my final degree as its something i want to do rather than some shitty compulsory courses.
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« Reply #40 on: Friday, June 22, 2007, 20:02:34 » |
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They wouldnt in an exam, you'd get 40% if the essay was to be structured well, and if you were to do short answer questions a fair amount of work would be from lecture notes. you get the higher awards for doing wider reading and incorporating that into your essay/exam. Well thats how it works for me at Manc, might be completely different in Plymouth, or any other Uni, and for separate courses.
I'm starting my dissertation now, and am glad it counts as 25% towards my final degree as its something i want to do rather than some shitty compulsory courses. Yup that's how it worked at my uni. Although the "Comment on how motivational thoery can be used as a management tool" type questions basically give you free reign to do a brain dump. |
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