Person: Edel McInerney

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Some confusion despite ‘lovely’ physics papers

THE third week of the 2011 state exams kicked off with a Leaving Certificate physics exam in which formulae and other values were not featured in the papers.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2011

Questions on everyday items welcome in physics exam

EVERYDAY items were to be found in exams for Leaving Certificate physics and Junior Certificate technical graphics students yesterday.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2010

Schools urged to address gay/lesbian student issue to avoid suicide risks

SCHOOLS need directly to address and offer guidance to gay and lesbian students to avoid them becoming suicide risks, the ASTI conference was told yesterday.

Fri, 09 Apr, 2010

Well-balanced papers attract little criticism

MORE than 15,500 Junior Certificate students took materials technology (wood) papers yesterday afternoon which drew no major criticisms.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2009

Physics papers reflect current public debate

BOTH Leaving Certificate physics papers yesterday used plenty of real-life and topical applications of the subject.

Tue, 17 Jun, 2008