Scotland’s exam authorities have been accused of dumbing down key subjects after the qualification threshold for dozens of subjects was lowered.
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The brain structure of young children changes when they are regularly engaged in back-and-forth conversations with adults, a study has shown.
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The marks needed by teenagers to pass A levels could fall significantly this year as the exams watchdog protects thousands of pupils from being penalised by tougher qualifications.
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The chief qualifications regulator in England, Sally Collier, said that this year’s A-level and GCSE students would not suffer from being the first to take the new, tougher, exams.
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One person was allegedly the source of a leak of an A-level maths paper this summer, an exam board has said.
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Middle-class teenagers and their parents are increasingly using university clearing to shop around for the best courses to the detriment of their less well-off peers, education experts have warned ahead of A-level results day next week.
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Scottish children perform better in their Higher exams because the tests are easier, according to a top educationalist. Lindsay Paterson, professor of education at Edinburgh university, accused the Scottish government of a “disengagement from reality” after it hailed last week’s results a success.
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With results out this week, a system that rewards late revision rather than conscientious coursework is expected to favour boys.
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Exam results are to be downgraded as a measure of school quality as the chief inspector moves to stamp out a culture of cramming children for tests.
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I kept a copy of this article, as I felt the methods applied by North London Collegiate School helped increase confidence in all students, not just girls.
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For me a child needs to be nurtured in order to learn and retain information, and not only in maths. However with maths the key to being able to truly learn and understand is via practice and application of topics. This in turn leads to the creation of mathematical strategic and logical thought processes and application.
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