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<p> I remember going to a VCE PD day that it mentioned that "whatever is after including it will be assessed" too, but apparently because linear search is the most basic search, students need to know it too - it's the most fundamental search before other searches.</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 17 November 2014 9:15 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d">Hey all, something I’d like to check up on is Section A Question 6 … not the answer (more than happy that it’s a linear search), but the knowledge required
compared to the study design.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d">The dot point in the study design is:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• techniques for searching, including binary search, and techniques for sorting, including bubble sort and quick sort</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d">I thought it was mentioned in the past that the word “including” meant that the particular item could be in an exam, whereas anything not in the “including”
was not specifically examined. Ergo, there could be (and has been) exact questions on bubble sort and quick sort, but not selection, insertion, gnome or any of the others. I assume most of us cover the “includings” in a lot more detail than the “not includings”
– I know I’ve only paid lip service (one slide of a PowerPoint and three minutes of explanation) to linear searching as an alternative to binary searching.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d">I realise that I’m probably making a mountain out of a molehill here, and from memory Section A is allowed to be “tricksy” (if it’s not A, not B and not
D then it must be C), but would the student who has focussed only on the study design be at a disadvantage here? How many would have said “it’s not a sort and binary search is the only one specifically in the study design” and chosen D?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d">Thoughts? Am I worrying over nothing?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d">Darren Scott</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 16 November 2014 2:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] SD 2104 Post mortem progress report</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, Mondayphobes.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I see there is already discussion of the SD exam underway, which is good to see. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(I don't read other discussions until I finish my post mortem, but I look forward to doing so.)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I like the exam so far: there has been little to pick on.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My <a href="http://www.vceit.com/p/postmortem-2014s.htm" target="_blank">
SD post mortem</a> so far covers sections A and B. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Kelly</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please leave poor Kevork alone. It is not his fault.</p>
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