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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Paula</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Don't ya just luv a new study design?</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">:-)</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Mark Scott</font></div>
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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY [kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 04, 2011 7:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Are sample examination questions gospel?<br>
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<div>Hello, campers*<br>
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This is an open letter to our helpful Paula.<br>
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Are the content and styles of the VCAA sample examination questions part of the VCE IT canon?**<br>
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More specifically, is the <b>style of the ERD</b> in the sample questions what we should safely expect in a possible examination question - with its lack of cardinality, and its multiple branches from a relationship?<br clear="all">
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Knowing this will help us constrain the teaching of the key knowledge.<br>
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With respect<br>
Mark K<br>
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*An obscure reference to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlins" target="_blank">
Butlin's holiday camps</a> in postwar England (which neither I nor you have attended) gleaned from old episodes of an obscure TV show called '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-de-Hi%21" target="_blank">Hi-de-Hi!'</a> which most of you have never seen.
In retrospect, I don't know why I said it. Sorry, campers.<br>
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** Along with: the <i>Study Design</i>, its <i>Glossary</i>; the <i>Assessment Handbook;</i>
<i>VCAA Bulletins</i>, including their <i>FAQ</i> and <i>Errata</i><br>
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-- <br>
Mark Kelly<br>
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>
McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253<br>
<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
VCE IT Lecture Notes: <a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a><br>
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist<br>
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<font size="+0">All generalisations are false, except this one.</font><br>
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