Scandal as Media Studies AS-level exam accidentally features basic numeracy question
The UK’s exam bodies were again under scrutiny after an AS Level Media Studies exam paper featured an ‘impossible’ question requiring basic knowledge of the 7 times tables. Instead of the planned question ‘Discuss the need for media regulation,’ students were asked to solve the equation 7y = 63.
Posted: Jun 11th, 2011
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