I am staggered by that. I think I was the person largely instrumental in pushing for the 10 minutes rather than 5 minute time (though to be honest I was actually trying to get those candidate for whom English was a 2nd language 10 minutes as opposed to everyone else 5 minutes).
I agree that many do not use the time effectively and can throw away their chances by wrong question selection; I am staggered though that it is made quite so blatant by their demeanor at the time!
Perhaps it is that people do not prepare themselves at mock exams but just try questions individually as takes their fancy / as set by their Study Group and therfore just don't know how to cope with a choice.....
Does remind me of the mock exams we held last year. I was in Reading holding one mock exam and received a text from Doug in London holding one there simultaneously. I still remember wording: "Module 3 started 10 minutes ago. I have 7 candidates, none of whom is present". Given the fact that the mock had actually been arranged for the London Study Group for module 1, but in the week before we had been contacted out of the blue (by students that we didn't know) asking if they could possibly come and sit module 3 and both of us had made an effort to make this possible at the last minute, for 4 of them not to turn up at all and the other 3 arriving very late it did not convey a good impression!
PJW
I agree that many do not use the time effectively and can throw away their chances by wrong question selection; I am staggered though that it is made quite so blatant by their demeanor at the time!
Perhaps it is that people do not prepare themselves at mock exams but just try questions individually as takes their fancy / as set by their Study Group and therfore just don't know how to cope with a choice.....
Does remind me of the mock exams we held last year. I was in Reading holding one mock exam and received a text from Doug in London holding one there simultaneously. I still remember wording: "Module 3 started 10 minutes ago. I have 7 candidates, none of whom is present". Given the fact that the mock had actually been arranged for the London Study Group for module 1, but in the week before we had been contacted out of the blue (by students that we didn't know) asking if they could possibly come and sit module 3 and both of us had made an effort to make this possible at the last minute, for 4 of them not to turn up at all and the other 3 arriving very late it did not convey a good impression!
PJW
Jerry1237 Wrote:I am one of the invigilators in London. All I can recommend above anything else is spend the reading time actually reading (it is amazing to see the number of people sitting twiddling their thumbs!), try to understand the real question being asked and prepare your selection. Personnally, I'd attempt my weakest question last and strongest first but truly understanding what is being asked of you is of the upmost importance.
Jerry