Comments on: Curious Things http://www.openmusings.co.uk/2007/08/02/curious-things/ Ramblings of an OU Addict Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Kee http://www.openmusings.co.uk/2007/08/02/curious-things/comment-page-1/#comment-10 John Kee Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:54:27 +0000 http://www.openmusings.co.uk/2007/08/02/curious-things/#comment-10 I think it gives the student the chance to resit the exam. If you had felt that your TMA score were great but due to lack of revision your exam score in low 40's some people are happier to resit. I thought you had to get 15% or so so probably picked 4 multiple choice questions they were certain of and answered them . If you pass the exam and TMAs you cant retake the course no matter what. It could also be a condition on funding from a sponsor that the student must attend the exam. A person may have found that it just was not their cup of tea. A few years ago for some of the maths course there was a stop press which stated along the lines of turning up for the exam gives the OU more govt. funding. If you don't turn up the student is classed as not finishing the course hence less money for the OU. So perhaps they were supporting the OU I think it gives the student the chance to resit the exam. If you had felt that your TMA score were great but due to lack of revision your exam score in low 40′s some people are happier to resit. I thought you had to get 15% or so so probably picked 4 multiple choice questions they were certain of and answered them . If you pass the exam and TMAs you cant retake the course no matter what.

It could also be a condition on funding from a sponsor that the student must attend the exam. A person may have found that it just was not their cup of tea.

A few years ago for some of the maths course there was a stop press which stated along the lines of turning up for the exam gives the OU more govt. funding. If you don’t turn up the student is classed as not finishing the course hence less money for the OU. So perhaps they were supporting the OU

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