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Excessive use of 10-year series can be bad for students
Past exam papers may be useful for practice, but compulsive use could distort the goals of education and extinguish a love of learning.
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There’s little escaping the tendency to focus on the high-stakes consequences of examination performance.
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Jason Tan
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As the new school year draws near, it is time for industrious students to obtain copies of their 10-year series.
Often, the question is not whether one needs a 10-year series but whether one should get both the topical and the yearly formats.
