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IGCSE sciences and Computer Science, on screen

Science papers aren't just typed answers. Pupils plot graphs, draw and label diagrams, complete tables and show their working. Piarrel's exam room is built for those questions.

Question types on screen

  • Multiple choice.
  • Tables with one answer per row.
  • Calculations with working.
  • Extended answers.
  • Graphs and diagrams pupils draw or label on screen.

Piarrel proposes marks for typed answers, calculations, numeric answers, multiple choice, equations and tables. Graphs, drawings and labelled diagrams are always left for the teacher to mark.

A graph question in the exam room, as a pupil sees it: points plotted on graph paper and joined with a curve.
A graph question: pupils plot the points and draw the curve on graph paper.
A drawing question in the exam room: the pupil draws the reaction profile with a catalyst on the diagram, with drawing and labelling tools.
A drawing question: pupils draw and label on the diagram. Drawings are always the teacher's to mark.

Working in calculations

Pupils show their working in a box under the answer. When the final answer is wrong, Piarrel reads the working against each method mark in the mark scheme and proposes the method marks it earns.

Reference materials inside the exam

The periodic table and data booklets sit inside the exam, so pupils use them as they would in the exam hall.

Computer Science

Pupils can type pseudocode and program code in a text answer box, and their line breaks and spaces are kept. Piarrel proposes a mark against the mark scheme; the code is not run.

What teachers see after a test

The class's score distribution, the weakest questions, and what went well and what would make it even better, for the class and for each pupil.

The marking queue: a pupil's answer beside the mark-scheme point, with Piarrel's proposed mark, its reasoning and its confidence.
Every proposed mark, beside its mark-scheme point, for the teacher to approve or change.

Questions

Which subjects has Piarrel been tested on?

In our test of June 2024 Cambridge IGCSE papers, Piarrel rebuilt the Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Science papers with every question and mark in place, ready for the teacher's check.

Does Piarrel run pupils' code?

No: the code is not run. Piarrel proposes a mark against the mark scheme, and the teacher approves it.

Who marks the drawings?

The teacher, always.

Cambridge IGCSE is a registered trademark of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Piarrel is independent and is not endorsed by Cambridge.

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