Paula Goddard

Writer of exam questions and features on assessment. Senior examiner specialising in Business, Manufacturing/Engineering, Hospitality & ICT. Fellow of the CIEA.

[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

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[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

@tombennett71 And should the mark schemes for one-on-one exam taking be less lenient? Students sitting in multiple settings have to cope with excess noise, movements, sniffs and coughs from others which can mean a lost train of thought. So mark schemes should show this.

[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

Dialogic teaching - common approach in adult education. Treat the student as an adult who may question your approach. From year 6 (11 years old) would be doable if students of sufficient maturity.

[The Thinking School @Thinkingschool2]

We had a year 6 child on the interview panel for a teacher today.

At the end the panel were asked if they had any further questions.

"We employ a Dialogic teaching approach at our school - tell us what your understanding of that is please." she says.

Couldn't be prouder!🙂

[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

@EDUwithEmily Wales is currently updating many of its school qualifications- opportunities for many exam writers, reviewers, experts with awarding bodies.

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@daisychristo What was the sci-fi book that looked at the future where there was war but computers decided on it as humans were obsolete. War stopped by learning long division - a long forgotten skill.

[Kit Yates @Kit_Yates_Maths]

An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby's case back into the spotlight by casting doubt on the medical evidence, but what to the statistics say?
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1/28

[Geoff Chapman @chappersman]

"We’re (also) planning that by 2027, all our exams will be computer-based." Nigeria's federal Minister of Education sets clear goal for digital school exams.

[Skills and Education Group Awards @SEG_Awards]

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[Peter Bently @PeterBently]

What happens when the dung beetles go on strike and there’s no one to clean up all the monkey poop? It’s paperback publication day for THE POO THAT GREW, a poopy eco-tale written by me and illustrated by the brilliant @EastyNick.
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[Dennis Sherwood @noookophile]

And how "unfair and ineffective" are Ofqual's ridiculous single symbol judgements of GCSE, AS and A level students, especially since they are only "reliable to one grade either way"?
@Melissa_Benn @schooltruth @warwickmansell @poppyeh @miss_mcinerney @dutaut @gavinomeara

[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

@ThePOTSPostman Get a good night's sleep. 🙄

[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

Exam marking pay rates are decreasing yearly. I used to manage equivalent of £15 - £25/ hr ten years ago. Now though, why bother?

[Jenn Ludgate 📚 @MissJLud]

Just got paid for exam marking & worked out it's about £5ph and that's me being generous. 🤣 There must be a way to make exam marking more attractive so that it all gets done in good time too - I think it's as simple as having more reasonable quotas not necessarily more pay!

[Anna Landre ♿️ @annalandre]

Yesterday I received one of the highest and most ancient honors in London, the Freedom of the City. But the celebration soured into an experience of indignity when upon arriving, I found that there was no ramp for me to access the stage.

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[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

NEET: Why an exam has sparked national outrage in India - BBC News https://t.co/nFSaOEeDn3

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@drleatongray What is it made of? Looks wood or bone

[Paula Goddard @exam_writer]

@Just_Maths You have half a roll of wallpaper left. What fraction of the wall will it cover?

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What's the latest payment rates for examiner marking? Has it changed (up or down) in the last 5 years? Or is still derisory? #exams

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@HelenStevenson4 @H_S_E @BCPCouncil You used to need 2 doors of seperation

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@chappersman It has been a while hasn't it?

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@BBCentury Plan as an hour walk - will turn into 1.5hrs with questions and slower walkers.