She had worked as a community-support officer for several years, but one day she was summoned to an auditorium at Scotland Yard, where dozens of officers were instructed to take a facial-recognition exam.
The move is a recognition that exam results can be distorted by school type and follows long-standing evidence that state-educated students outperform their peers from private schools in terms of final university degree.
We wanted to examine whether and to what extent a national licensing exam uses the concept of pattern recognition to test applied clinical knowledge.
Specific performance weaknesses were noted in areas such as correct assessment and recognition of danger signs, fast breathing and physical exam skills, consistent with findings from other settings (Kelly et al. 2001).
Patricia Stevens, the center's principal, gave him the 15-minute exam, asking questions on simple vocabulary, letter recognition and math.
The physics education literature shows that students can often successfully answer exam questions through rote memorization and pattern recognition (Hake, 1998), so assessment must be designed with care, and ideally, validated.
In most instances, once you've been certified, you can apply for a license in another state without re-taking the exam or apply for reciprocity which allows for the recognition of your certification from another state.
In addition, the use of other specific bone sites which are largely assessed by radiological exams can potentially be used for the early recognition of osteoporosis [ 14].
Licensed nurses can earn recognition for achievement in a specific area of nursing by passing a credentialing exam.
In Brazil, a final exam is not compulsory but can be sat by those seeking higher recognition.
He says: "We greatly welcome government recognition of the importance of a broad and balanced senior school education, measured through rigorous exams in academically challenging subjects and including humanities and languages as well as in other core curriculum areas".
