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the yellis test or similar

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ladysybil · 29/01/2011 12:39

Hi
ds1 will be doing something like this very soon. He's been told its a cognitive test, and he cant do economics for gcse unless he passes this. I've been told the questions are similar to the UKCAT which medstudents hopefuls have to take in the summer between year 12 and 13 {shock]
Does anyone have any questions whic he ccould practice? or any links to anything useful?
any advice appreciated

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Remotew · 29/01/2011 12:46

Funnily enough, I've just received a book today called UKCAT from amazon for DD to have a look at before she sits the exam. The questions are tricky but manageable for most people but it's the timings. 25 mins to answer 40 odd complex questions. Most people couldn't do this so I guess it singles out the brightest.

Try googling the Yellis on Amazon and see what you can find.

I remember DD doing CAT test in yr 7 without any practise whatsoever, which is meant to be the point. We'd never heard of them until after she sat them. However with UKCAT seems impossible to do well unless you familarise with the format and get some tips about how to answer in the blink of an eye. Quite scary really.

danebury · 29/01/2011 14:46

It's not really a pass or fail test. He'll be given a score which will place him in a band - A, B, C or D, which indicates what sort of grades he is expected to get at GCSE.

Based on this, he'll be setted accordingly.

Or at least that's how it works at our school - although we are moving away from at now.

In 6th Form I think the test is called ALLIS.

basildonbond · 29/01/2011 19:22

If your son goes to W? then it's apparently not a test you can revise or practise for - it's supposed to be an aptitude test and if you could drill your son and raise his mark it would kind of negate the point of doing it. The whole point is to steer anyone who'd have trouble with the abstract concepts away from the subject at this point and towards something they'd do better in. Not doing economics at GCSE will not disadvantage him in any way if he wants to go on to do economics at degree level

Watchtheclock · 30/01/2011 08:56

What does the difference between the A BCD band mean when indicating for gcses?

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