The report after correcting

JD3112

Does anyone know what to do here? Im correcting JC maths and the report has to be written up soon. There are a few guidelines in the yellow book but its still a bit vague. anyone have any tips? Thanks

spurious

Some people put an awful lot of work into their reports, others do very little.

The SEC doesn't really have any interest in the spread of grades, they know that already, so put useful stuff in your report. They want things to run more smoothly, so if you can help them out as to where the candidates were confused by a question, that is useful to them. They are also keen on feedback regarding the paper, the marking arrangements, collection of scripts etc..

Some things you could do would be:
Outline any frequent problems candidates had with a question, or common 'wrong' answers or mistakes. Ideally, suggest a way these could be avoided in future, by better wording of the question, use of graphics etc.

Indicate which questions were answered most or least. Can you suggest reasons why the less popular qs are unanswered? Is the language too difficult? Would a candidate's literacy adversely affect their chance to answer a maths question?

Did you have many papers where the candidate did not answer the required number of qs or chose the incorrect options?

Indicate where you think too many or too few marks were given thus possibly skewing the results. I remember from marking History, you would get a paper that was so confused you wondered if the candidate had ever been in a history class and yet when you totted, it turned out they got a B. That indicates a problem somewhere in the process.

Have a look at the Chief Examiners' reports. Yours doesn't have to be anything as detailed, but it might give you an idea. It's worth putting in a bit of effort, particularly if you'd like to be involved with the SEC in the future, hopefully not always at the mind-numbing correcting level.

I hope that helps.