Allow pupils to use Google in GCSE exams, says academic

Teenagers should have access to the internet and discuss questions with friends during exams because GCSEs and A-levels are setting pupils up to “fail at life”, according to a leading academic.

A radical overhaul of the traditional exams system is needed to ensure children are properly prepared for the world of work, said Prof Eric Mazur, dean of applied physics at Harvard University.

He said that forcing teenagers to memorise facts to pass tests no longer had any bearing on life outside school where children can use Google to search for information in seconds .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk