Indeed.
I wasn't too surprised by the rather different spin that was placed on the mod5 TC calculation- there was some hint that the question could well be presented rather differently since it had felt to be too formulaic. It'll be interesting what effect that had on its popularity and how well it was done.
Rather surprised though that the mod 3 aspect sequence question was purely a drawing of a chart, but I haven't looked at the associated layout in detail.
I am actually considering offering a paper for 'Aspect 2012' on the subject of the IRSE Exam and whether its format should change in future- in particular regarding the challenges of:
a) UK students now used to more coursework and less onus on "final exams"
b) need to be more internationally applicable
c) changes in technology, particularly move to on-board transmission based signalling.
So any "longer term" ideas as well as those applicable just to the 2011 examination would also be appreciated by me.
I wasn't too surprised by the rather different spin that was placed on the mod5 TC calculation- there was some hint that the question could well be presented rather differently since it had felt to be too formulaic. It'll be interesting what effect that had on its popularity and how well it was done.
Rather surprised though that the mod 3 aspect sequence question was purely a drawing of a chart, but I haven't looked at the associated layout in detail.
I am actually considering offering a paper for 'Aspect 2012' on the subject of the IRSE Exam and whether its format should change in future- in particular regarding the challenges of:
a) UK students now used to more coursework and less onus on "final exams"
b) need to be more internationally applicable
c) changes in technology, particularly move to on-board transmission based signalling.
So any "longer term" ideas as well as those applicable just to the 2011 examination would also be appreciated by me.
(02-10-2011, 09:28 AM)Peter Wrote: Welcome back to the forum after the 2011 exam.
Please feel free to discuss your thoughts / feelings / problems etc with the exam. We are happy to collate issues and help feed them back to the examiners.
Peter
PJW