[Year 12 SofDev] Odd exam instruction!

[Andrew Shortell]

Hi Listers

Some examiners have been known to stop reading as soon as they have
allocated full marks for a Question 

Others point out that if contradictory material is there then clearly
the student has not directly answered the question as it was asked.

In IT, questions are usually phrased such that students answer a direct
question or respond to a statement so contradictory material is rare. 
Far more often there is a lack of material...

Note also that if the question asks for two reasons and the student
gives three then only the first two are usually marked and if one of
them is wrong and the third is correct then bad luck....

Andrew Shortell
Braemar College
 
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-
> bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Reilly, Lorraine M
> Sent: Monday, 28 January 2008 8:48 PM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 SofDev] Odd exam instruction!
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> One of the examiners once told me that if a student contradicts
further
> into an answer their first answer they also get NO marks.
> 
> Do you know how much the two exams were marked down?
> Hope you had a nice holiday
> Lorraine
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Sun 1/27/2008 1:17 PM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Odd exam instruction!
> 
> Browsing through the instructions for Section A of the 2007 SD exam
(as
> one does), I realised the terribly draconian implication of an
> instruction lurking therein:
> 
> "No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any
> question."
> 
> Taken literally, that means if a student gives more than one answer
for
> ANY of the 20 questions, they get no marks at all!
> 
> Probably less traumatic might be:
> 
> "No mark will be given if more than one answer is completed for a
> question."
> 
> hehehehe
> 
> --
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