<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Adrian</div><div><br></div><div>I am a little confused with your concerns over the number of questions for Sections B and C on your Practice Papers. If you look at the papers over the last Study Design, as well as this year's Sample Exam they all seem pretty similar:</div><div><br></div><div>2011 Section B was 6 questions and Section C was 16 questions</div><div>2012 Section B was 5 questions and Section C was 16 questions</div><div>2013 Section B was 6 questions and Section C was 15 questions</div><div>2014 Section B was 5 questions and Section C was 16 questions</div><div>2015 Section B was 5 questions and Section C was 15 questions</div><div>and the Sample Section B was 7 questions and Section C was 15 questions</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at the examination specifications for this Study Design it just states the marks and doesn't state anything about the number of questions.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't think that it's a major issue regarding the number of questions, so long as you don't have too many questions that are only a few marks. You would want to have a similar balance to the VCAA onesas well as meeting the exam specifications. Does that sound OK?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Phil.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Adrian Janson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janson.adrian.a@gmail.com" target="_blank">janson.adrian.a@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I was reading back over the email I sent last night and realised that what I wrote may have been misleading? The number of marks in the SD exam paper hasn't really changed - nor has the number of questions. I simply noticed in writing my sample papers that there are less questions in section B and now more in section C. If you use the 1 mark / minute model, the exam shouldn't take students longer to complete at all.</div><div><br></div><div>I was reflecting on the sections themselves - and felt that with more questions (as opposed to marks) in section C, that the difficulty *may* be increased? What do others think?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Adrian</div> </div></div>
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