Creationism question ‘misleading’

| 06/07/2009

(BBC): An exam board has scrapped a GCSE biology question about creationism after admitting it could be misleading. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance paper asked pupils how the Bible’s theory of creation seeks to explain the origins of life. AQA stressed that pupils taking its biology GCSE were not required to study creationism as a scientific theory. But it admitted that describing it as a "theory" could be misleading, and said it would review the wording of papers. The review was prompted by a complaint from teachers and a university lecturer.

 

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  1. Anonymous says:

    So the kids were asked a question about something which wasn’t even on the syllabus?

    Watch out Cayman, this AQA is the science examining body our children are using.