XXX Lower grade boundaries for CHEMISTRY UNIT 4 2016
1,472 Comments
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Please lover grade boundries!!
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B Colbourne Chemistry teacher
10 years ago
Dear colleagues at AQA/ Ofqual,
I have been an A-level chemistry teacher for nearly 37 years now. I've seen specifications come and go and marked for all of the major exam boards.
The AQA CHEM4 paper that candidates sat this year was unfair; It is definitely one of the most inequitable papers (if not the most) with regards to Current Syllabus and past papers provided to students Vs. Actual exam. For students to pay the price for what I can only assume is a mishandled transition between this syllabus and the new one is a blatant injustice.
I kindly ask for you to take necessary action to reduce the inevitable impact this paper will have on students' overall Chemistry grades.
Kind regards,
B.A.K Colbourne
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Tomas Templeman
10 years ago
Too hard and not enough general chemistry facts, and no mechanisms or buffer questions. Too much irrelevant off silibus topics.
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Kreena Mistry
10 years ago
paper was unfair
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Panayiotis constanzo
10 years ago
Totally agree with the statement and Armando.Good job man!
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Rob mcnally
10 years ago
The spec has changed it seems
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Anonymous
10 years ago
None of the past papers were that hard.
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Armando
10 years ago
Unacceptable exam!
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Give people a chance and let their hard work show. Play the game.
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Madiya
10 years ago
Worst
Hardest exam of my life
Complete torture!!!!!!!
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Harry Foley
10 years ago
Science graduate, ridiculously hard A level exam.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Never felt more confident going into an exam before. Never felt so disappointed coming out. Really struggling with unit 5 and I wanted to do well in unit 4 to boost my grade.
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tom green
10 years ago
This exam was too difficult and deserves lower grade requirements otherwise good students will suffer.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
very annoyed
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Diana
10 years ago
Disgraceful. I tried extremely hard and I would be lucky to get an E. Screw you AQA.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Really?? Are you kidding??
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ACID ANHYDRIDE
10 years ago
I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE WERE NO ACID ANHYDRIDES!!!
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Student obsessed with Ketones
10 years ago
It's no wonder so many schools have dropped AQA. Atleast OCR and Edexcel let students enjoy the subject and let it show on the paper.
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Sid
10 years ago
Unbelievable.
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Teacher
10 years ago
Not representative of Chem4. Even if grade boundaries are lowered many A* students would perform poorly due to a different skill being tested with was application, exquisite time management, and luck.
Please lover grade boundries!!
Dear colleagues at AQA/ Ofqual, I have been an A-level chemistry teacher for nearly 37 years now. I've seen specifications come and go and marked for all of the major exam boards. The AQA CHEM4 paper that candidates sat this year was unfair; It is definitely one of the most inequitable papers (if not the most) with regards to Current Syllabus and past papers provided to students Vs. Actual exam. For students to pay the price for what I can only assume is a mishandled transition between this syllabus and the new one is a blatant injustice. I kindly ask for you to take necessary action to reduce the inevitable impact this paper will have on students' overall Chemistry grades. Kind regards, B.A.K Colbourne
Too hard and not enough general chemistry facts, and no mechanisms or buffer questions. Too much irrelevant off silibus topics.
paper was unfair
Totally agree with the statement and Armando.Good job man!
The spec has changed it seems
None of the past papers were that hard.
Unacceptable exam!
Give people a chance and let their hard work show. Play the game.
Worst Hardest exam of my life Complete torture!!!!!!!
Science graduate, ridiculously hard A level exam.
Never felt more confident going into an exam before. Never felt so disappointed coming out. Really struggling with unit 5 and I wanted to do well in unit 4 to boost my grade.
This exam was too difficult and deserves lower grade requirements otherwise good students will suffer.
very annoyed
Disgraceful. I tried extremely hard and I would be lucky to get an E. Screw you AQA.
Really?? Are you kidding??
I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE WERE NO ACID ANHYDRIDES!!!
It's no wonder so many schools have dropped AQA. Atleast OCR and Edexcel let students enjoy the subject and let it show on the paper.
Unbelievable.
Not representative of Chem4. Even if grade boundaries are lowered many A* students would perform poorly due to a different skill being tested with was application, exquisite time management, and luck.