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"A
75min exam with two questions? Are you serious?"
Our lead piece this week has
been chosen to reflect a concern that has cropped up quite a number
of times on Twitter; how students are being prepared for their
Functional Skills exams. The title quote is from a student on
Twitter from 4pm on June 15th after the exam.
On the same day I personally
took a call quite late in the evening from a student (let’s call her
Helen) who had bought access to www.myguroo.co.uk
so she could practice and revise for her Functional Skills English
Level 2 exams in a weeks time.
Me
Good afternoon Guroo!
Helen I’ve
just bought the cram4exam access for English and I want my money back
Me
Oh, why is that?
Helen
Because I’ve just been on the quizzes and they aren’t multiple choice
Me
They aren’t meant to be - so what’s the problem?
Helen My
teacher told me to go on Bitesize, Move On and Key Skills 4u to
revise for Functional Skills and they are all multiple choice so
yours must be wrong
Me
No, we are right, your teacher shouldn’t really be telling you to
practice Functional Skills using Key Skills resources because they
are so different. Anyone expecting their Functional Skills exam
to be a series of multiple choice questions is going to be in for a
shock.
Helen So
how do I revise then?
Me
Tackle the Guroo Challenges - you can do them on paper or on-line
Helen But they
all ask me to write loads
Me
Yes .......
Helen And
They're hard and take a while to do
Me
Yes ……
Helen Is
there not somewhere else I can go that just does multiple choice
questions like Bitesize?
We
strongly believe that students should not be preparing for Functional
Skills exams by doing multiple choice tests designed for Key
Skills. It's just wrong!
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