[vet-mm] 2006 exam

[Daylan]

Q C P all together and then skip as the password

On 08/11/2006, at 9:47 AM, Helmy, John wrote:

> Does anyone know the shortcut to bypass the reading time for this  
> years MM exam?
>
> Thanks,
> John Helmy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Bell [mailto:Susan.Bell at wesleycollege.net]
> Sent: Saturday, 4 November 2006 11:55 AM
> To: vet-mm at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [vet-mm] 2006 exam
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>
> I don't know what others thought of the exam this year but the general  
> consensus of the Pixeled committee was that the exam was better than  
> 2004 (that wouldn't be hard) but worse than 2005.
>
> The problem once again were the scripting questions. They are simply  
> too hard! We don't have the time to go in depth with scripting so kids  
> only get a superficial knowledge of conditionals, functions etc... I  
> mean I've been teaching this subject for 3 years now and I couldn't  
> answer some of those questions under exam conditions.
>
> VCAA seem to forget that these students are 17 years old with 4 to 5  
> other subjects to contend with in year 12. As if they have the time to  
> become fully fledged programmers in half a term. It is really  
> ridiculous and puts too much pressure on teachers - I mean we're not  
> programmers either. I would have thought the exam panel would have  
> learnt by now that complex scripting questions should be left to IT  
> exams, not multimedia ones. And where were the visual design  
> questions? It appears a whole competency was missed so that the exam  
> panel could shove in more scripting questions.
>
> It really is a shame that this subject has been hijacked by people who  
> think that year 12 students need to know scripting. Surely this stuff  
> can be left to TAFE or University. I'm not against some scripting, its  
> fine to get the kids to make interactive pieces but these can be done  
> with some simple button commands. I think the exam panel are doing the  
> subject and the students a disservice when they come up with all these  
> ridiculous scripting questions. Last year they got it right, how did  
> they manage to get it so wrong again?
>
> Sue
>
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