Which subjects see a gender imbalance in exam entries? And what can be done by both exam boards and schools to help redress the balance?

Steve Kenny, AQA’s head of curriculum computer science, tells Craig Barton how exam boards can help improve the gender balance in some subjects, and Edgehill University’s Dawn Hewitson explains how cross-subject collaboration can help encourage minority gender students into certain subjects.

Watch our video on overcoming gender disparity in the classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pji4aiH0WiU

Which subjects see a gender imbalance in exam entries? And what can be done by both exam boards and schools to help redress the balance?
Steve Kenny, AQA&rsquo;s head of curriculum computer science, tells Craig Barton how exam boards can help improve the gender balance in some subjects, and Edgehill University&rsquo;s Dawn Hewitson explains how cross-subject collaboration can help encourage minority gender students into certain subjects.
Watch our video on overcoming gender disparity in the classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pji4aiH0WiU

How are exams made accessible for students from different backgrounds? How are clever multiple choice questions written? And just how are grade boundaries awarded? 
Teacher Craig Barton meets the people involved in producing and marking exams to get the answers to your most pressing questions, as well as talking to fellow teachers about how you can apply all this new knowledge in the classroom.

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