[Year 12 SofDev] My U3O1 SAC - 2008

Fri Apr 11 10:22:48 EST 2008

Hi Andrew,

I agree with you in some ways - but there are key theory elements to U3O1
that also play a large part in the exam - such as DFDs.  I don't really
think that many of the U3O1 questions are comprehension - if they are, I
think you should have a careful look at the way that you have constructed
your SAC.

The exam is 50% - but remember that it is more than that.  The 50% internal
and the 50% exam are not equal - the exam is used to moderate the internal
assessment - and as such plays a very important role in determining where
your students are placed in the scheme of things.  

I must confess that I love to spend more time on programming than the theory
- and my students really enjoy this.  But at the same time I ensure that
they are doing a large amount of set theory work out of class to keep them
up to date with the course.  My 2c worth!

Cheers,

Adrian

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of andrew barry
Sent: Friday, 11 April 2008 10:05 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] My U3O1 SAC - 2008

Hi,

Yes I cover the theory initially but i dont spend all lesson on it. The exam
is 50% so like you the best way to do an exam is to do exam questions come
Term3.

Outcome 1 i have found doesn't require nearly as much work as outcome 2?
Most my class doesn't know VB.net but the network design doesn't take long
to teach as many questions on it are comprehension. Also the sac after that
is practical.

On 4/11/08, Claudia Graham <claudia.graham at overnewton.vic.edu.au> wrote: 

Hi Andrew,

Personally I do the opposite, I find Semester 1 very heavy on with theory.
We do 3-4 sessions out of 9 (a fortnight) in programming, sometime less, the
rest is theory as Outcome 1 requires so much knowledge. Outcome 2 on the
other hand students can handle quite well as they all did design, testing,
validation etc in previous years.

I do revision tests quite regularly and do an end of semester test to cover
the material for Unit 3.

I must admit I do push the line that the exam is 50% of the course so we
will be doing 50% of our work on it throughout the year. My students have
already had a go at last years exams, and from the beginning of June will do
an exam paper a week.

Just my approach not necessarily better.

Claudia

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of andrew barry
Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2008 8:17 PM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] My U3O1 SAC - 2008

Hi,

How are people mixing theory with computer work?
I am teaching VB.net and alss covering quickly the theory in the SD book.

I will concentrate on their VB.net learning for SACs and term3 will
concentrate on exam style questions from checkpoints book. I think this is
where you need to work at their theory, when it is an exam style question
organized in topics. 

I just think it is a waste of time covering theory in great depth now but my
class takes notes and does some questions.

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