[Year 12 SofDev] List of Places to buy SD Practice Exams

Fri Aug 17 12:31:23 EST 2012

Sorry - my cranial OS crashed.

QATs are ITA only, not SD.

Sorry 'bout that!

On 17 August 2012 10:16, Ben Hines <b.hines at ccg.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>  I can find the QATS SD paper only the ITA ones Mark. Where are they?****
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> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 August 2012 1:40 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 SofDev] List of Places to buy SD Practice Exams***
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> - Insight is *not* producing new ITA or SD papers.
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> - CSE and QATS do ITA and SD papers.
>
> - From memory, TSSM do ITA but not SD... I have never seen a paper from
> them so I can't comment on their quality or value.
>
> - The ones who were Chemistry Associates (whose new name I cannot recall -
> Kilbana??) do an ITA paper, I think. Several years ago I was stunned by the
> awfulness of one of their papers and have not returned... but this must
> have changed since then, so don't let me put you off.
>
> - I've ordered the 2012 VITTA SD papers and hope like mad that they're
> good.
>
> I also hope that VITTA considers my constructive suggestions and debugs
> the 2011 papers before continuing to sell them as-is.
>
> I was *never* aiming to embarrass VITTA or the exams' authors (whose
> identity I do not know), but knowing that many people will be using these
> papers with their kids really soon spurred me to urgently raise some valid
> issues that teachers might not have noticed.
>
> I know I made many posts (apologies for the flood), but many issues needed
> to be raised. It's odd however that there has been absolutely no response
> to them. I can't believe that you guys either agree with everything I've
> said, or are so stunned by my stupidity that you cannot bear to dignify
> them with a reply.  There are several questions I really want to find
> answers for, particularly regarding the depth of knowledge required by some
> questions. I'd like to know if I really need to cover some points more
> deeply with my kids - really soon!
>
> I apologise if the exams' authors were offended by any post I've made
> recently. That was certainly not my intention. I strove to keep my comments
> factual and based purely on the questions, not on the people associated
> with them. Writing exams is an onerous art, and I am rarely 100% satisfied
> with mine even after four edits, and I do appreciate constructive feedback
> that helps me write better papers in future.
>
> I don't know if VITTA's feelings are hurt, but a professional organisation
> should not have feelings to be hurt. They do, however, have an obligation
> to their paying customers to take on valid and well-intended criticism to
> improve the quality of their commercial products.
>
> Regards
> Mark****
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> On 14 August 2012 12:52, Andrew Shortell <shortell at get2me.net> wrote:****
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> Also Insight SRC does practice exams****
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> Be careful on vcaa web site that you use ones relevent to * this* study
> design.****
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> Andrew Shortell****
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> CRC Melton****
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> On 14/08/2012, at 12:16 PM, Kent Beveridge <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:****
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> VITTA has some...but looks like a few bugs there judging by all the lister
> feedback recently.****
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> Also, grab past exams from the VCAA site(for IT in SD) together with the
> examiner reports...thats what I do every week with my lot.****
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Ben Hines [b.hines at ccg.vic.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 August 2012 12:03 PM
> *To:* sofdev at edulists.com.au
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] List of Places to buy SD Practice Exams****
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> Hi All,****
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> We are teaching SD for the first time at CCG. Just wondering who out there
> makes practice Exams and where would I get them from?****
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> Thanks****
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