Everyone makes mistakes and they are often a positive part of learning. As James Joyce once said, Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
However, in this year's A level papers in the UK, an increasing number of mistakes have been found in the exam papers. As reported in The Telegraph:
the OCR exam board was forced to apologise after a rogue question was inserted into an AS-level maths exam sat by almost 6,800 students.
The question – worth 11 per cent of the total mark – asked students to find the shortest route along a network of tracks in a forest. The route was supposed to be equal to an equation set out in the test paper – but the exam board failed to calculate the length properly.
An AS-level business studies exam set by the AQA and taken by 41,400 students asked about a fictitious chocolate company’s profits. But the company’s adjoining profile information failed to show what its profits actually were – making it impossible for students to answer.
The Telegraph also says, It is feared that the blunders may affect sixth-formers’ chances of gaining university places.
What exactly is a rogue question? A disobedient one? Also, if mistakes are 'the portals of discovery', what can we 'discover' from these mistakes?
Good luck to all the students that sat exams this year as they wait for their results to be announced in August.
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