17-08-2011, 09:01 AM
My issue is with the quantity. I can write about 400 words in 20 minutes, personally.
This equates to about 1 1/2 sides of A4, Thats it. I CANNOT write anymore in that time allocation.
All of the suggested answers I have seen for the safety paper are well beyond my personal 400 word margin.
Very little research in the educational field has been done to measure average handwriting speed.
I would like the IRSE Exam committe to measure a sample of passing answers for length from the 2010 exam to see the average length of answer that can reasonably be produced.
I would also like to see model answers given that keep within the average answer length.
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
www.patoss-dyslexia.org/downloads/HandwritingPredictingyrs12and13.pdf
http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/461/1/WRAP_Wray_le0220034.pdf
This equates to about 1 1/2 sides of A4, Thats it. I CANNOT write anymore in that time allocation.
All of the suggested answers I have seen for the safety paper are well beyond my personal 400 word margin.
Very little research in the educational field has been done to measure average handwriting speed.
I would like the IRSE Exam committe to measure a sample of passing answers for length from the 2010 exam to see the average length of answer that can reasonably be produced.
I would also like to see model answers given that keep within the average answer length.
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
www.patoss-dyslexia.org/downloads/HandwritingPredictingyrs12and13.pdf
http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/461/1/WRAP_Wray_le0220034.pdf