ten-year series

alternative 10-year series · alternative TYS

1. SingaporeA compilation of national examination questions from past years.

   For example, the traditional 10-year-series, a compilation of past year examination questions, now comes in all shapes and sizes.

   1993, Ng Wei Joo, Tan Seow Hon, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Insight 26

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   Ronald is looking for someone who has a 10-year series of H.S.C. questions on pure and applied mathematics (from 1955-65) to lend or to sell.

   1970, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 11

   The 10-year series is a compilation of 10 years of GCE O and A-level examination questions and model answers, which students use to "spot" and mug for questions in their own examinations.

   1996, Evelyn Yap, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Life 3

   They are not worried - because questions are designed in such a way that the answers will not be found in any of the textbooks, classnotes or 10-year series.

   2000, Sandra Davie, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Review 36

   The "ten-year series" is a phrase used in local parlance to denote assessment books collating Cambridge examinations from previous years. Students use the ten-year series as practice exams for the real thing.

   2005, Yu-Mei, “When a ten-year series is not enough”, in Too Many Thoughts

   She said: 'Before the new syllabus was introduced, I think students relied heavily on TYS to get good grades. They're like mock exam papers and they prepare the students for the real thing, and the questions are quite similar.'

   2009, Liyana Othman in Pearly Tan, “The New Paper”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 13