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Project Maths - most complicated marking scheme in LC ?

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  • 06-09-2010 11:45pm
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    mathsgrinds
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    I was wondering did anyone else think the PM papers have introduced a very complex marking scheme, and that it makes timings for questions in the exam very complicated?

    e.g LC O Maths, paper 2.

    Up to now, you would be marked out of 6 questions, 50 marks each, in 2.5 hours. So, timings are relatively simple e.g. 20 mins per question, leaving 10 mins at the start to read the paper, and 20 at the end [just one way of doing it]. Broadly speaking, it is logical to allow roughly equal time for every question, as they have equal marks.

    Now, for PM, the overall scheme is as follows:

    Do 9 questions, with marks as follows:

    50, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 40, 40, 45.

    Using the same logic as above, this means one might allocate the following times to the questions:

    20, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 16, 16, 18.

    I realise this is not an exact science, but still - I think its unfair to have students trying to give proportionate times to questions that have such variable values of marks.

    I know its a maths exam but students have enough to think about.

    What do you think?


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