[Year 12 SofDev] sofdev Digest, Vol 140, Issue 19

Thu Nov 10 16:27:55 AEDT 2016

Hi Sandra,

I can't find the thread on the 29th Sept - was that a statement from VCAA?

My 2c - and it may just be worth that - is that if it's in the study design
- it's in. There would be no reason to include it if there was no intention
to examine it or if it served no purpose. I feel like the use of the word
'or' is because the terms are synonymous (I suppose!). I think perhaps the
dot point could have been written differently if this was the intention?

Cheers,
Adrian

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Sandra Mobbs <s.mobbs at cccc.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

> I would have thought by the phrasing "..including associative arrays (or
> dictionaries, or hash tables)..." that the question would be asked in a way
> that wouldn't directly test hash tables. It was discussed on this list back
> on the 29 September and hash tables were listed as something that not all
> students had to know.
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> This issue popped up a year or two ago during the draft design reviews.
> The phrasing in the design is a bit odd, but I believe it's implying that
> all of the 3 named terms are synonymous, and therefore are to be treated as
> exactly the same thing..
>
> I don't agree, but I'm guessing that won't surprise anyone.
>
> By the way, I am still looking for a quick PDF of the SD exam. Is anyone
> willing and able?
>
> BTW - feel free to write your own post mortems. The more the merrier.
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> Regards,
> Mark
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> On 10 November 2016 at 13:20, Lisa Kerekes <Lisa.Kerekes at donvale.vic.edu.
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> wrote:
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> > Thanks Mark.
> >
> >
> >
> > Had a quick look over the exam.
> >
> > I like Section C of the exam. Good questions.
> >
> > Multiple choice are pretty good too.
> >
> >
> >
> > My query though, is about Section B, Q 4.
> >
> > This regards Hash functions. However I could only find one, *optional*
> > reference to hash tables in the Study Design. Elsewhere it refers to
> > data structures as being ones that are relevant to the selected language.
> >
> >
> >
> > I?ve pasted the excerpt below? can anyone clarify whether when the
> > Study Design say ?or?, it actually means ?and? ?
> >
> > Hence my surprise that it was on the exam.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Thoughts welcome J
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> > *Lisa Kerekes *Secondary Teacher
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> > *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@
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> > Hi all
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> > Paula says there is no second paper, so the fur can start flying
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