[Year 12 IT Apps] Full sentences versus dot points

[Andrew Shortell]

as a marker (in other subjects) I find dot points a lot easier to mark and I find, mostly, that dot points tend to cover the answer without the waffle padding and it appears that perhaps without the extra padding that students re more focussed on answering the question. I have always emphasised to my students to use dot point where they are comfortable because this is not an english exam - it is testing their higher order thinking through the sieve of ICT.
I also point out that the markers will like them a lot more if there is less to read and so their relevant answer is easier to see. Often that is the persuading factor - a marker "on side" is better than one who is not; especially at 1 am in the morning under the dim kitchen light (yes I now wear glasses to read)

Andrew Shortell
Wallan SC

On 03/11/2010, at 3:29 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:

> I teach mine to annotate dot point notes into the margin next to the question, then reword these into full sentences. Their ESL background makes it always constant challenge but it helps provide some scaffolding for their answer and hopefully (perhaps) enough of a clue for the examiner to understand what they are actually trying to say.
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> Regards Roland
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> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Paul Miller <pmiller at olsh.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just out of curiosity, what do you all tell your kids about writing answers in dot point format in the exam? I've never read anything in my memory in examiners reports about not using dot points in answers. Also, as a preference, when marking I actually find it easier to mark work that has been dot pointed. Is there a particular stem that requires no dot points? Opinions??
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> Cheers,
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> Paul.
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