BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Danish pupils use web in exams - 0 views
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Students are no longer required to regurgitate facts and figures. Instead the emphasis is on their ability to sift through and analyse information.
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In Denmark, the government has taken the bold step of allowing pupils full access to the internet during their final school year exam
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They can access any site they like, even Facebook, but they cannot message each other or email anyone outside the classroom.
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Some high schools in Denmark are beginning to allow students access to the internet during exams. Exciting stuff, and fantastic to see countries looking into more open forms of assessment. I will be interested to see how quickly other nations follow Denmark's lead in this regard. Tools like Diigo would be a fantastic method of preparation for student's sitting these exams.