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[tinyjo]

So, just got my first OU TMA back. On the plus side, I got a very good mark (83, 2 marks off distinction level). On the minus, I have made the second assignment much harder for myself! I am supposed to use my tutors comments to improve my answer and then write a reflective commentary about it and there really isn't much of substance I can do - most of my tutor's comments say "good point"! I'll have to email her and ask for some more detailed feedback on how I can make it a 90 point answer, I think. Oh woe is me :)

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[oxyrhynchite.livejournal.com]

Given the way the assessment pattern is set up, your tutor hasn't done his/her job very well, but it does sound like a duff strategy to begin with - if you do brilliantly in Round One, what on earth are you supposed to say in Round Two? "I was fantastic"?

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's a first year course and the expectation seems to be that most students won't have done any OU work, or even any higher education work before, but they haven't done much to differentiate for the top end :)