<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Andrew.</div><div><br></div><div>But what would an SD U3O1 KK07<b> </b>question on the <b>exam</b> look like?</div><div>I can't imagine it.</div><div>And its application to a SAT is equally mysterious.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 at 13:55, Andrew Shortell <<a href="mailto:shortell@get2me.net">shortell@get2me.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">hi Sven<div>I see this as key knowledge on HOW to use a programming language to do … etc</div><div><br></div><div>Most students are only exposed to one language at school ….</div><div>if you have good digi tech in 7-9 then they will have met at least one other language</div><div>THEN they can see that different programming languages will meet different needs better.</div><div><br></div><div>NO single language can meet all needs ( though a compiler meets the programming language but is still limited by the hardware)</div><div>NO single hardware can meet all needs</div><div><br></div><div>So where does this go?</div><div><br></div><div>think about all the other languages which you have used on different platforms with different IDEs and each one was used to meet specified needs</div><div><br></div><div>LISP (now sadly out of fashion) was magnificent. I loved it and its recursive techniques.</div><div>Fortran worked really well for math type things</div><div>COBOL was useful in business applications. Its limits were shown up by the y2k issue where programs were written in the 60’s and 70’s and were still working ok in the 99’s</div><div><br></div><div>As part of accepting that I am now unemployed (permanently which is effectively retired) I looked back on all of the languages I have learnt (about 25 approx). Many of them only met certain needs and were useless in other contexts. Most i have not used in a long time.</div><div><br></div><div>so, TO ME, this is a given.</div><div><br></div><div>The KK is to understand that ONE language can NOT do all things.</div><div><br></div><div>So my SAC u3o1 and the SAT are structured around what the language I use in class can do .</div><div><br></div><div>So I emphasise that the SAT (and u3o1) must demonstrate load, save, add, edit, delete, sort, search.</div><div>Any client in a business will need ALL of those things.</div><div><br></div><div><i>(Also I did NOT write that KK in the Study Design but I do fully support it.)</i></div><div><br></div><div>A games writing team will use a seriously different language for its needs.</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for a very long winded reply</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew Shortell</div><div>(retired and given up on working in a classroom)</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 16 Apr 2022, at 2:26 pm, 7 <<a href="mailto:7@7u7.org" target="_blank">7@7u7.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Adrian. <div><br><div>So how can students prepare for a question based on <b>SD U3O1 KK07 - </b><i>A programming language as a method for developing working modules that meet specified needs</i></div><div><br></div><div><b>Question A3: To what degree is a programming language a method for developing working modules that meet specified needs?</b></div><div>A. Not at all</div><div>B. It's better than a compiler but worse than an algorithm.</div><div>C. Really, quite a lot when you sit down and really think about it.</div><div>D. It's more important than <b>God</b>.</div><div>E. I don't understand the question and there is no "E" option in section A. Give me a mark anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><i><b>7</b> aka <b>Sven</b></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Not at all mysterious.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 13:19, Adrian Janson <<a href="mailto:janson.adrian.a@gmail.com" target="_blank">janson.adrian.a@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi "7",<div><br></div><div>You've got to remember that the study design lays out the intentions and content of the course. So this statement is really a fundamental one. Software is developed to meet specified needs (says the teacher). Got it (says their students).</div><div><br></div><div>Life's a fillet of fish.... yes it is.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Adrian </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 1:16 PM 7 <<a href="mailto:7@7u7.org" target="_blank">7@7u7.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Surely <i>all</i> software is developed to meet specified needs. <div>One does not code a module just in case someone needs it. <div><br></div><div>So is the answer to SD U3O1 KK07 simply, "<i>Yes, it is</i>" ?</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 12:35, Janene Watt <<a href="mailto:Janene.Watt@education.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">Janene.Watt@education.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Candara,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,240)">I would think that this refers to thinks such as a module around internationalisation so that you could customise solutions based on
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