[Year 12 IT Apps] Returning to an old thread

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Perhaps they discount a waffly slab of writing with a dismissive
gesture and polite mumble along the lines of "thats not even a reason,
it can be safely ignored", before proceeding onto the next and final
reason then sipping on a well earned coffee.

Regards Roland

On 2 May 2012 15:43, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> Last year we discussed whether examiners continued to read an answer beyond
> the number of items asked for in the question.
>
> I thought they would not, but we have been reassured that they will consider
> extra writing.
>
> I just found where my original opinion came from!  In the 2003 IPM
> Examiner's report, which said:
>
> "When a question indicates how many reasons or responses are required (e.g.
> ‘State two reasons ...’) , you need to provide what is requested. e.g. If
> you provided more than (for example) two reasons, the exam assessors only
> marked the first two reasons provided."
>
> I had a feeling I read it somewhere!
>
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> can't serve minors."
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