[Informatics] informatics Digest, Vol 13, Issue 63

Mon Nov 21 10:46:07 AEDT 2016

Hi everyone
I agree with the length and number of questions being increased. I was also
concerned about several of the mutliple choice questions as there was a lot
of reading to be done before attempting those questions.
Anyone with poor English, English as a second language would have struggled
to read and comprehend quickly.
Anne Mirtschin
Hawkesdale P12 College

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> From: "Garth, Lucas A" <garth.lucas.a at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> Subject: Re: [Informatics] A Friday Reflection or two on exam rules
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> Hi
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> In all seriousness, the Informatics exam moved from assessing 20 MCQs and
> around 10 short answers (as per IT Apps in previous Study Design), to now
> 20 MCQs and 20 short answers.  Plus more reading in the form of a case
> study.
>
> 18 pages last year to 29
>
> Significantly more coverage of the content (breadth) ? I think depth has
> hardly changed.
>
> I think it was a challenge for my weaker English students this year and
> I?m going to need to devise strategies to mitigate for next year involving
> more timed practice sessions.
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> Lucas
> Lalor SC
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> From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces@
> edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen
> Sent: Friday, 18 November 2016 1:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Informatics] A Friday Reflection or two on exam rules
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> The extra pages would perhaps be the case study and the cunning addition
> of a "this page intentionally left blank" note.
>
> You can read about this here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Intentionally_blank_page
>
> And join the campaign to include more blank pages on the web
> http://www.this-page-intentionally-left-blank.org
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> On 18 November 2016 at 13:11, Mark <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>>
> wrote:
> First...
>
> Since 2002, The rules on the covers of IPM/ITA/Info exams have all
> forbidden the use of "white out liquid/tape".
> Since 2015, this has been changed to "correction fluid/tape".
> I wonder whether the trademark owners of "WiteOut" had a quiet word with
> VCAA.
>
> Second...
>
> A couple of years ago I was asking what would happen if a student was
> asked for X items, and then provided more than X. Would the marker ignore
> any answer beyond the number asked for?
>
> The general consensus was that markers would read on and perhaps give
> credit to superfluous information.
>
> I've just found what caused my initial query to be sparked...
>
> In the IPM exam of 2000, the rules on the cover of the exam say: "Choices
> are provided within questions 3,4,11, and 13e. Answer only the state number
> of choices. Any extra answers will not be awarded marks."
>
> I knew my nagging doubt had to come from somewhere.
>
> Note - this rule was not repeated in any exam thereafter.
>
> VCAA has not publicly repeated nor repudiated the policy of
> reading/ignoring answers that exceed the quantity requested. It would be
> good if they did.
>
> Fun fact 1: In the 2000 IPM exam there was no multiple choice or case
> study, and the exam was worth 60 marks.
>
> Fun Fact 2: Multiple choice arrived in 2003.
>
> Fun Fact 3: The 2000 IPM exam was 18 pages long. The 2016 Info exam was 29
> pages long.
>
> OK. I might be stretching the definition of "fun".
>
> Regards,
> Mark
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