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<DIV>And break their "confidentiality clause"! Perhaps double check with the Chief Examiner through VCAA.</DIV>
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<DIV>Robert Hind (Semi-retired)</DIV>
<DIV>Traralgon and Ashwood</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>May 19, 2011 01:02:54 PM, <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au" target=_blank>itapps@edulists.com.au</A> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cab anybody who marked the VCAA papers confirm that this was indeed the answer that they were supplied with to mark the papers?</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Pls reply to Mark K or myself (and not to the whole group) and we will keep your identity anonymous. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Mark Scott</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> <A class="parsedEmail parsedEmail" href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target=_blank>itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</A> [<A class="parsedLink parsedEmail" href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target=_blank>mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mark KELLY<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] 2010 ITA examiners' report</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><B>From the 2010 ITA Exam - Question 5B. </B> I have a belated complaint now that I've seen the examiner's official answer in the <A href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/studies/infotech/it-applications/assessreports/2010/itapps_assessrep_10.pdf" target=_blank>assessment report</A>.<BR><BR>Can someone please point out if I'm wrong, but I think they've badly messed up the answer, and kids will have unfairly lost up to 4 marks.<BR><BR>From the PERT chart ...<BR><IMG id=_x0000_i1025 height=245 alt=b5.jpg src="driver?nimlet=download&fn=INBOX&mid=31539&partIndex=0.1&disp=inline" width=541 border=0><BR><BR>They asked for a corresponding Gantt chart. Their solution was this:<BR><BR><IMG id=_x0000_i1026 height=157 alt=assrep-gantt-solution.gif src="driver?nimlet=download&fn=INBOX&mid=31539&partIndex=0.2&disp=inline" width=504 border=0><BR clear=all><BR>It's obvious in the PERT that tasks A and B are <B>concurrent</B>. <B>B is not dependent on A</B>! <BR>Yet in their Gantt, they've clearly shown task B as being dependent on A.<BR>Then, they went on to leave out fact that that tasks E and D were also dependent on task B through the dummy task.<BR><BR>I hate to think that my kids lost marks because of these errors by the examiners. <BR>It's too late to re-mark exams, but it really makes me worry that markers can be given such dodgy official answers when grading papers.<BR><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Grrrrr!<BR><BR></SPAN></B><BR>-- <BR>Mark Kelly<BR>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<BR>McKinnon Secondary College<BR>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<BR>Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253<BR><A class=" parsedEmail parsedEmail" href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target=_blank>kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</A><BR>VCE IT Lecture Notes: <A href="http://vceit.com" target=_blank>http://vceit.com</A><BR>Moderator: IT Applications Edulist<BR><BR>Want a good time? Call 0112358. Ask for Mr Fibonacci.</P></DIV><BR>
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