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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Andrew,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I agree with you in some ways – but there are key theory
elements to U3O1 that also play a large part in the exam – such as
DFDs. I don’t really think that many of the U3O1 questions are
comprehension – if they are, I think you should have a careful look at the
way that you have constructed your SAC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The exam is 50% - but remember that it is more than that.
The 50% internal and the 50% exam are not equal – the exam is used to
moderate the internal assessment – and as such plays a very important
role in determining where your students are placed in the scheme of
things. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I must confess that I love to spend more time on programming
than the theory – and my students really enjoy this. But at the
same time I ensure that they are doing a large amount of set theory work out of
class to keep them up to date with the course. My 2c worth!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Adrian Janson, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Director of ICT, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Melbourne High School, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Forrest Hill, South Yarra 3141 Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Phone: 03 9826 0711 International: +61 3 9826 0711<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
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style='color:blue'>http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
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style='color:blue'>http://jansona.edublogs.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>andrew barry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 11 April 2008 10:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] My U3O1 SAC - 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Yes I cover the theory initially but i dont spend all lesson
on it. The exam is 50% so like you the best way to do an exam is to do exam
questions come Term3.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Outcome 1 i have found doesn't require nearly as much work
as outcome 2? Most my class doesn't know VB.net but the network design doesn't
take long to teach as many questions on it are comprehension. Also the sac
after that is practical.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 4/11/08, <b>Claudia Graham</b>
<<a href="mailto:claudia.graham@overnewton.vic.edu.au">claudia.graham@overnewton.vic.edu.au</a>>
wrote:</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hi Andrew,</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Personally I do the
opposite, I find Semester 1 very heavy on with theory. We do 3-4 sessions out
of 9 (a fortnight) in programming, sometime less, the rest is theory as Outcome
1 requires so much knowledge. Outcome 2 on the other hand students can handle
quite well as they all did design, testing, validation etc in previous years.</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I do revision tests
quite regularly and do an end of semester test to cover the material for Unit
3.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I must admit I do
push the line that the exam is 50% of the course so we will be doing 50% of our
work on it throughout the year. My students have already had a go at last years
exams, and from the beginning of June will do an exam paper a week.</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Just my approach not
necessarily better.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Claudia</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.5pt;color:maroon'>*********************************************************************</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.5pt;color:maroon'>Claudia Graham</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.5pt;color:maroon'>VCE Coordinator</span><span
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<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
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<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
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<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>andrew barry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 10 April 2008 8:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] My U3O1 SAC - 2008</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=e><span lang=EN-AU>Hi,</span></span><span
lang=EN-AU><br>
<br>
<span class=e>How are people mixing theory with computer work?</span><br>
<span class=e>I am teaching VB.net and alss covering quickly the theory in the
SD book.</span><br>
<br>
<span class=e>I will concentrate on their VB.net learning for SACs and term3
will concentrate on exam style questions from checkpoints book. I think this is
where you need to work at their theory, when it is an exam style question
organized in topics. </span><br>
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<span class=e>I just think it is a waste of time covering theory in great depth
now but my class takes notes and does some questions.</span><br>
<br>
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