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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hey all, something I’d like to check up on is Section A Question 6 … not the answer (more than happy that it’s a linear search), but the knowledge required
compared to the study design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The dot point in the study design is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">• techniques for searching, including binary search, and techniques for sorting, including bubble sort and quick sort</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I thought it was mentioned in the past that the word “including” meant that the particular item could be in an exam, whereas anything not in the “including”
was not specifically examined. Ergo, there could be (and has been) exact questions on bubble sort and quick sort, but not selection, insertion, gnome or any of the others. I assume most of us cover the “includings” in a lot more detail than the “not includings”
– I know I’ve only paid lip service (one slide of a PowerPoint and three minutes of explanation) to linear searching as an alternative to binary searching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I realise that I’m probably making a mountain out of a molehill here, and from memory Section A is allowed to be “tricksy” (if it’s not A, not B and not D then
it must be C), but would the student who has focussed only on the study design be at a disadvantage here? How many would have said “it’s not a sort and binary search is the only one specifically in the study design” and chosen D?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thoughts? Am I worrying over nothing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Darren Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 16 November 2014 2:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] SD 2104 Post mortem progress report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, Mondayphobes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I see there is already discussion of the SD exam underway, which is good to see. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(I don't read other discussions until I finish my post mortem, but I look forward to doing so.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I like the exam so far: there has been little to pick on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My <a href="http://www.vceit.com/p/postmortem-2014s.htm">SD post mortem</a> so far covers sections A and B. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It's an early draft - please expect typos and dumb comments.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark Kelly<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">mark AT vceit DOT com<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>I love the sound of people's voices after they stop talking.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I, Mark Kelly, am entirely responsible for the offensive verbiage I spew forth.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have I offended anyone with this post? I would not be surprised.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If offended, please whinge to me at the email address above. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please leave poor Kevork alone. It is not his fault.<o:p></o:p></p>
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