I have read an exam paper for a student at school today and I am wondering if there has been any research done on the effectiveness of this. It isn't the first time I've been a reader but sometimes it feels as if by reading the question, it confuses the student especially if the question is based around information in a table. I am going to try to find out. I realise that the exam board must have looked into this otherwise you would think that they wouldn't use it, so I will make that a starting point. I could use it in my PDP . I also wondered if there was any exams done via an audio tape and if so are they less confusing for the student. Watch this space.