[Year 12 SofDev] Study design question - stacks/queues and serial/random access

[Mark]

You're right, Natalie. It seems the question is quite naughty in referring
to specific theory that is not in the KK.

The closest KK I could find is "formatting and structural characteristics
of input and output, including XML file formats", but even that does not
justify specifically examining serial/random knowledge - only XML.

I would not assume that stacks or queues or flowcharts or anything that is
not in the study design should be specifically taught.
Once one embarks down that slippery slope, you'd still be teaching unto the
crack of doom and have no time left for the stuff that *is* in the design.

If a real VCAA exam had a question like the serial/random one, you could
bet there would be a Royal Commission into it.

Stick to what's in the study design and you can't go far wrong.

And your post reminds me - I was going to write some sample answers for the
sample SD questions. I must get onto that...

Mark


On 2 August 2016 at 10:52, Heath, Natalie <
Natalie.Heath at marcellin.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
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> I was wondering to what extent people are teaching these concepts…
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> *Serial vs random access* is not mentioned anywhere in the study design
> (as it has been in previous years), yet question 10 in the sample exam
> assesses it directly.
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> Does this mean that we should assume that *stacks vs queues* are also
> assessable, despite also not being mentioned in the study design?
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> What about other things that I haven’t thought of that aren’t in there?
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> I’m a bit worried that I’m not covering some areas because they are not
> explicitly in the study design. I know it makes sense to cover them anyway,
> but if they can appear in the exam then I’ll be doing a lot more to revise
> them.
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> Hope this makes sense!
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> Natalie
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