(10-05-2011, 08:58 AM)PJW Wrote: The Mod3 content will be based on the attached Mock exam paper; this has been designed in line with current expectations of the 2011 exam format (NB which differs from that used earlier years).
See Mod3 CT Format thread regarding the design of the IRSE's blank CT layout which we understand will be made available at this year's exam.
Participants at the event will be expected to have submitted in advance a meaningful attempt at either / both of the Mod 2 or Mod 3 papers. If unable to attend the event itself, feel free still to attempt the papers in order to get some emailed feedback upon your performance.
Over the next week or so I shall be posting some attempts received, comments upon these and some additional information.
Generally there are not going to be "model answers", primarily because:
a) there is no one right answer to any question,
b) it is the process of producing a reasonable answer to the question set which is what you should be learning, rather than the details of an answer to a specific question,
c) the subjects are so broad that any answer of reasonable length will be incomplete. A sensible length exam answer is typically 3 pages of A4 handwriting (equates broadly to 2 sides of A4 when typed); any answer that does decent justice to the actual question is generally at least twice that length. This clearly cannot be achieved in the exam and is not expected in those conditions; a sub-set is all that is needed. If the subject set had been narrower then an answer would need to encompass "everything" in order to gain the marks from relevant content; having a bigger field within which to gather content makes answering the question easier rather than more difficult.
It would therefore misleading to claim that a "full answer" is a "model answer" since this isn't practicable; conversely a "limited length" answer can only be a part answer and could be misinterpreted by a student who may be familiar with a different sub-set which hasn't been included within it, yet in fact is equally valid.
PJW