Leaving Cert Science reform plans are a muddled mess

Reform is badly needed. But not like this, with vague learning outcomes and too much scope for use of ChatGPT'The decision to use a learning-outcomes-only approach might sound abstruse but it has serious implications for students and teachers.' Photograph: Maxwells

The Irish Times view on the proposals for Leaving Cert reform: vital that all students are on a level playing field In chemistry, a third of the learning outcomes are judged to be inadequate, while in biology, over two-thirds are unclear. This is particularly frustrating for science teachers, who have been trained to value clarity and precision.

There are also significant problems with the additional assessment component. Every student will have to carry out an individual research investigation, worth 40 per cent of the total marks. The IUA suggest that may amount to some 74,000 individual projects if agricultural science is included.

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