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Hi Margarita,  The information you require about two students collaborating to obtain their data is on pages 74-75 in the 2023 guide. This has changed since the previous syllabus where collaboration was not allowed. Essentially you must...

Hello, We have a shortage of chemicals and when there two students came up with the idea of burning different length of alcohols to find out the energy released by each, I suggested that they work together to collect sufficient data.  In...

Hi Sian, Replying to questions on how IA marks have been arrived at (usually why they have been lowered) by external moderators is something I find difficult to do, particularly as I have not seen the actual work being assessed. InThinking...

Hello Geoffrey,  We have received feedback on our IA's from May2026. Between us, we have a long history of teaching the course and usually have our grades accepted, or amended by +/-1. This year, all of our students were marked down by...

Hello Doreen,  The assessment of a student's EE is based both on the product and on the process. The external examiner has the actual essay to evaluate the product but of course was not present in any of the discussions between the supervisor...

Hi, I do not understand how teacher's input in the RPF form may affect student's performance for criterion E. 

Thank you, Geoff. I inadvertently posted the same message one more time, so please ignore it. Thanks once again for your feedback. Mini

Hello Mini,Remember an EE is not a Ph.D. thesis! I think this idea from your student has considerable potential. If a good research question is formulated then there is considerable scope for personal input into designing the methodology and to...

I thought I had addressed this in my last answer Harprit. Ask your students why a warm windy day is better for drying clothes outside rather than just a warm day.

Thanks. Any thoughts on questions on (l)/(g) equilibria? It's not explictily in the syllabus and you also can't just always apply LCP in the same way.