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Special Needs and the GCSE
Author(s) -
Ramsden Don,
Thompson Mary
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8578.1986.tb00680.x
Subject(s) - special educational needs , medical education , special needs , pedagogy , special education , psychology , mathematics education , medicine , psychiatry
What provisions are to be made in the new GCSE examinations for candidates who need special consideration because of their special educational needs? Don Ramsden, Secretary, East Midland Regional Examinations Board, and Mary Thompson, Secretary, East Anglian Examinations Board, describe the background to the new examinations and the proposed guidelines relating to ‘handicapped’ candidates to be issued shortly.