Make it easy... part 2

Just as a follow-up to an earlier post, I did run the tests mentioned and the results were mixed - also surprising.

Prior to the tests, I handed out some revision sheets which clearly laid out the majority of things that need to be memorised for INT1's core Computing Studies syllabus. At a glance, around half of them were taken home. One was scrumpled under a desk, the "owner" claiming it wasn't their's - later proven to be a fib.

Still, you can only do as much as you can do.

The test sat was the exact same one this class had sat around 6 months earlier - except for two pupils who needed to be "tested" to see if they needed additional assistance under exam conditions. For them I provided a new, equivalent, test so we could compare the results against the old one as per SQA guidelines. If their scores went up significantly, then they'd qualify for whatever aid they required.

Anyway, the results. Best news, the two who needed assistance definitely benefitted with marks that would take them from D/fail up into the heady realms of B-grade. The rest were a mixed bag.

A handful dropped a mark or two, but nothing that couldn't be put down to "day of the week". Others gained a mark or two. Again, on a different day they'd have dropped a couple  of those and gaines elsewhere. On the other hand, I had a couple of others who vastly improved. One, mysteriously, did significantly worse. It happens.

The person who left their revision sheet scrumpled under the desk? Admitted they'd done so when confronted with their test score. Yes, they were one who did worse than the previous attempt. However, hopefully this will give them a kick up the backside. I can't guarantee it will, but I can't say I'm not trying!