@pikey wrote:
Teachers certainly do coach for success at exams. Like I say, I don’t blame them. I’ve had many a friend tell me stories of how the grapevine communicating the ‘flavour’ of the upcoming tests works. The brighter kids go in to tests having a fail-safe selection of essay answers ‘rote’ learnt.
Yes it’s called past papers – looking at previous exam questions and getting kids to answer them.
So I guess the exam boards are at fault for not setting totally random questions?
And it’s not just the “brighter” kids that benefit – it’s any kid that is prepared to put in the hard work and study and the desire to learn.
As for “rote” learnt – the fact you can read and write is “rote” learnt. The mere fact you can express an opinion is not “rote” learnt. That is down to education developing your mind. :roll: