[Year 12 IT Apps] Important constraint on ITA U3O2

[Mark KELLY]

That seems to be the case.

On 3 February 2012 14:37, Ben Hines <b.hines at ccg.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> So those QATS with the tables in need to be jumbled around a little and
> purposefully non normalised? ****
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
> *Sent:* Friday, 3 February 2012 1:33 PM
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> *Subject:* [Year 12 IT Apps] Important constraint on ITA U3O2****
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> Hi all.
>
> The recently-released report on 2011 ITA outcome audits has revealed a
> subtle and previously-unannounced task requirement.
>
> *The data given to students should not be normalised or presented in a
> form that gives big clues as to what tables are required.
> *
> This is not explicitly specified anywhere, and it's not included in the
> list of key skills, but the key knowledge dotpoints about students having
> to know normalisation implicitly suggest it.
>
> <editorial>
>
> The next editions of the study design's advice to teachers and the
> assessment handbook should make this task requirement clear and explicit.
>
> There's quite enough to be mindful of when writing outcomes without having
> to interpret the implied subtleties of *every* key knowledge dotpoint.
> If VCAA have explicit demands of tasks, these demands should be made
> explicit.
>
> </editorial>
>
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Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist <http://www.edulists.com.au/>

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