Catriona Hendry, Agricultural Science teacher at The Institute of Education shares her reaction to the Higher Level Agricultural Science exam.
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Catriona says: "This paper will have felt tough, as students had to grapple with some daunting first impressions. But the memory of those challenges will likely linger and obscure the fact that those students who kept a broad scope to their revision will have lots of opportunities for marks. If students tried to be too narrow, selective or strategic in their revision they have found few places to hide as the questions ranged over the wide span of all the major course topics."
Key takeaways
- Some questions' barks were worse than their bite as students were met with novel information
- Manageable questions on familiar material meant that once students got over the initial shock of the questions there were lots of opportunities for morale boosting little victories.
This video is part of The Institute's Leaving Cert Analysis Series.
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