Pupils get revision help by text

Pupils at a school in Buckinghamshire have been getting extra help with GCSE revision by texting their teachers, according to the BBC.

"Since Easter, Year 11 pupils have been able to message teachers from home with revision queries and get a text answer. The school said "text mentoring" had also seen teachers messaging pupils with revision prompts and exam tips.

... To protect teachers' private mobile numbers and to keep a record of the questions and answers for other students to reference, pupils' texts - which they have to pay for - are sent to a special web page.

These queries are monitored by the mentors who can then respond through the website. "

emily | 11:26 AM | SMS and Students |
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