Mindfulness could help you to make hard choices.
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Here’s how meditation can help make some of those big life decisions a little more easy to handle.
Scientists are hoping genetic scoring could help identify children who may develop learning difficulties.
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Almost 10% of differences in exam results at age 16 can be explained using individuals’ DNA alone.
Doing the exam jump.
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School leavers, listen up – it’s okay not to know what you want to do in life.
Food for thought.
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Is there such a thing as brain food?
Stressed? It’s all in the mind.
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With exam season in full swing, how you cope with stress might be the difference between brilliance and burnout.
Don’t give up.
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Because exam season can be tough on parents, too.
When are tests too hard?
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Good tests may build in failure, but that doesn’t mean they’re an efficient way of measuring a child’s ability.
Students are using smart technology to try to beat the exam system.
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Technology that wouldn’t look out of place in a Hollywood spy movie is being marketed at students to help them cheat in exams.
Stop testing me.
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Seven and 11-year-olds feel the pressure from their parents and teachers.
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Two academics try a question from the exam – and don’t do very well.
South Africa’s matric results are held up as probably the most important moment in the basic education system.
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Their school careers are over – but what did South Africa’s matric class of 2015 actually learn, and how many of them are ready for what comes next?
Ask their opinion.
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New look GCSEs and A-levels will be sat by young people – but they haven’t been asked about the reforms.
The big day finally arrives.
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The government has renewed calls to nationalise exam boards over fears of slipping standards.
Are more students seeking special exam consideration because they’re increasingly aware it’s available to them, or because they need it?
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Recent media reports have indicated there is a growing number of students requiring special considerations for coursework and exams.
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The proportion of A* grades has remained the same as 2014 at 8.2%.
A-levels won’t be the same again.
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Reforms to stop students resitting exams are the first in a long line of changes.
All 16-year-olds will now have to sit five academic subjects at GCSE.
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From September, all children will have to study five core academic subjects at GCSE. But the CBI thinks the exams should be phased out.
Concerns have been raised over the fairness of a new English GCSE.
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Concerns that people with dyslexia won’t be able to memorise poetry are missing the point.
Gaining entry into selective schools is highly competitive.
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The parents of high achieving students often think of selective entry schools as the ideal option for their child. But do these schools churn out well-rounded young adults, or students trained for exams and little else?
An important lesson for teachers.
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When making judgements about their pupils, teachers need to be aware of their own subtle biases.