[Year 12 SofDev] B3 - cost effective

Wed Nov 21 00:22:19 EST 2012

lake hume village NSW 3691

so how does that work in your proximity calculator Mark? ( LMHO  #firstworldproblems)

it is a bit like Broken hill having an STD code of 08 and parts of nsw being 03

jokes aside,  the fact is that if one ignores australian postcode conventions which include valid postcodes being 0800 (darwin) then in the real world (TM) one is ignoring the scalability. Given Aus small size commercially then teh ability to use code anywhere in aus has to be sensible approach (in real world - tm) 

isn't it that sort of blinkered approach to the future that got us y2k ....?????

IMHO we should be teaching students to think outside our narrow little boxes ( little boxes all made of ... ruthlessly squashes potential song burst)

and if one thinks of simplification then stick with string   (unified string theory can be introduced to the more advanced students at this point - all things are char or even binary)
   (and i hope you have at least looked at this  http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/57ff/      a great christmas present for someone)

Andrew 

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On 20/11/2012, at 5:45 PM, "Matheson, Heath A" <Matheson.Heath.A at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> One can only hope that next year, Dr Little skips the lecture on the ‘readability efficiency’ of online test questions J. It is difficult when the exam jumps around from terms used in the Real World ™ to the theoretical presumptions of VCAA Software Development World (like Vic postcodes). I think in VCAA SD World the they would use the term “cost efficient” or “cheaper in the long run” rather than ‘cost effective’.
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> Readability Efficiency does exist:
> nfp.collins.utulsa.edu/bajaja/MyInfo/journalpubs/ReqEngg1.doc (not recommended to read unless you love TLA’s).
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> Actually on postcodes, it’s good procrastination to use the Australia Post postcode search page and look up “Lake Hume Village NSW”.
> http://auspost.com.au/apps/postcode.html?cmpid=apbrand-google&mkwid=sA7DFwPQx|postcode%20finder|b|pcrid|7259979986
> Just don’t mention it to those that live there, they get a bit grumpy.
> Reason: I believe their post comes from Wodonga.
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> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Kent Beveridge
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 3:55 PM
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> I also find a concern with that question of 'producing code quicklly'...
> For me, its a tad too 'open' in the nature of the question with the potential to get some rather odd responses from students.(I dont envy the assessors on these styles of question).
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> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Margaret Iaquinto [Margaret.Iaquinto at stleonards.vic.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 3:00 PM
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Look, I’m not jumping up and down about the question but it strikes me as odd.
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> Any comment from folks out there?
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