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Anatomy of an examiner follow-up

Most students prepare for the first answer. PSLE examiners go three layers deeper. The cascade — reasoning → anti-script → hypothetical — with the recovery starters that prevent silence.

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Anatomy of a follow-up

Most students prepare for the first answer. The exam goes 3 layers deeper.

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Layer 1· Reasoning probe

Examiner“Why do you think that?”

Recovery“The main reason is…”

Layer 2· Anti-script probe

Memorisers fail

Examiner“Which of those three is most useful?”

Recovery“I think the most useful is… because…”

Layer 3· Hypothetical probe

Examiner“What would you do in that situation?”

Recovery“If I were in that situation, I would…”

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