if it's true that the exam terminology differed significantly from syllabus
than this is a failing, either of teaching or exam setting, as you would expect the exam to be a test of the taught syllabus in mathematics.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 12 May 2026, 14:15,
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^this
If you’re testing the pupil’s understanding of how to evaluate partial derivatives and they’re called partial derivatives in the syllabus, then don’t refer to them as fractional functions within the test.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 12 May 2026, 18:12,
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