[Year 12 IT Apps] Q12 redux

[Robert]

Thanks  Mark for all your effort.

Well in the morning I'm off to the training session for the exam markers. 
Always an interesting experience!

The examiners together with the markers come an agreement on the marking 
scheme for each of the questions in the short answer section. This process 
deals with any problems with the interpretation of questions.

And believe me that these sessions are sometimes quite heated!

But is does mean that we do our best to give credit to students for 
appropriate answers and ensure that the "best" students get the best marks.

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kelly" <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Q12 redux


> I've been pondering Q12 and I've worked out where we've differed.  I've 
> been thinking of the dropdown list more as a tool for selecting an 
> existing ID, rather than entering a NEW record.
>
> The exam question does not explain the principal purpose of the form - is 
> it for data entry or editing?  If it's for entry of new records, I agree 
> that it would be pretty useless to use a dropdown list.  However for 
> editing existing data, a dropdown list with matching "Find" button would 
> be useful.
>
> So in that sense, I'm changing my mind.
>
> But I still don't accept that a dropdown list is suitable as the sole 
> means of entering a title.
>
> Sure, provide a list stacked with common titles to save time for data 
> entry, but there should be some other way of entering titles that are not 
> in the list. (e.g. a simple "Other..." plus a textbox.)
>
> But, examiners being examiners, B is the best of a bad bunch of options.
>
>
> -- 
> Mark Kelly
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