[Year 12 SofDev] B3 - cost effective

[Mark KELLY]

Hi Maggie.

Frankly, I didn't even notice "cost effective" as a problem since it's a
commonly-used term in The Real World (tm) which foolishly (nay,
recklessly!) pooh-poohs the VCE IT study design's wise definitions of terms
like 'effectiveness' and 'efficiency'.

I train my kids to respond to key words like 'efficiency', 'effectiveness'
and 'accessibility' with Pavlovian ruthlessness and immediately think of
glossary definitions (even if I disagree with them, but that's another
issue).

But I hope my kids didn't over-do my Pavlovian strategy and respond
inappropriately to "cost effective" - otherwise the semantic paradox might
have damaged their tender, barely-used brains.

I hope they interpreted it as would those street urchins unversed in
Advanced and Arcane VCE IT Wisdom (AAVCEITW) who can't tell the difference
between 'font' and 'typeface'.

Sorry about the acronyms - I'm still coming down from AQADAS and CASSA in
the VCE SD DFD.


On 20 November 2012 15:00, Margaret Iaquinto <
Margaret.Iaquinto at stleonards.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>  A9 – Students must know the definitions of efficiency and effectiveness
> to answer this. I sure hope my students did well since I reviewed these
> definitions regularly during the year.****
>
> ** **
>
> In B3, however, the term ‘cost effective’ is used. Since 1991 I have
> stressed the definitions of efficiency and effectiveness and have not ever
> used ‘cost effective’. Where did this come from? Did anyone else have a
> problem with it? And since we already have a question about efficiency and
> effectiveness, why another one? I recognise that there is some help when
> the question says ‘produce code quickly’ and differentiates it from
> ‘quality of the program’ so students can separate these concepts.****
>
> ** **
>
> Look, I’m not jumping up and down about the question but it strikes me as
> odd.****
>
> ** **
>
> Any comment from folks out there?****
>
> ** **
>
> Maggie****
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