Leaving Cert physical education (PE): Students pushed for time with longer questions
Candidates had to ‘race through’ sections only to be faced with more daunting long answers
Candidates had to ‘race through’ sections only to be faced with more daunting long answers
Students hoping for high marks needed to have studied entire course
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General tone of paper was one of familiarity with topics that ‘should be in everyone’s arsenal’
Education authority says its takes responsibility to uphold integrity of the State exams with ‘utmost seriousness’
Candidates needed to be disciplined to manage their time
Some topics far more challenging than previous years, say teachers
Students well drilled in past papers found exam offered a fair chance to show their work
Students needed to grasp whole phrases in some sections in order to understand important nuances
Many questions pitched just outside students’ comfort zones
Level of language skill necessary was very advanced for students who only took up the language in senior cycle
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Linguistic challenges posed by novel topics posed steep challenges for weaker students in particular
While questions on tax and ratio analysis required some maths, students could avoid them due to wide choice
Junior Cycle students have German and wood technology exams while it is business and art papers for Leaving Certs
Almost 100,000 students are completing papers on day six of the State exams
Reappearance of topics from last year throws some candidates
Students may have found aural tougher than last year as the pace of the speakers increased
Students give thumbs up to a ‘fair’ and ‘accessible’ paper
Our diarist loves sports and hopes to study physiotherapy - but must still navigate his way through a few more exams
More than 100,000 students are sitting State exams today
Teachers say broad and approachable questions featured in higher level paper
Essay options gave students a wide range of current topics
Our exam diarist is trying to minimise distractions in her quest to get enough points to study medicine
Teachers describe exam as a ‘fair and balanced’ with plenty of options for students to succeed
Marking schemes to be drawn up for exams shortly will take account of exams which papers were ‘hard’ or ‘easy’
Teachers say higher level paper two was even more testing than paper one
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Teachers welcome return of less ‘wordy’ exam dominated by calculus, sequences & series and algebra
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