[Year 12 IT Apps] Are sample examination questions gospel?

[Mark Scott]

Paula

Don't ya just luv a new study design?

:-)

Mark Scott
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Are sample examination questions gospel?

Hello, campers*

This is an open letter to our helpful Paula.

Are the content and styles of the VCAA sample examination questions part of the VCE IT canon?**

More specifically, is the style of the ERD in the sample questions what we should safely expect in a possible examination question - with its lack of cardinality, and its multiple branches from a relationship?

Knowing this will help us constrain the teaching of the key knowledge.

With respect
Mark K

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  *An obscure reference to Butlin's holiday camps<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlins> in postwar England (which neither I nor you have attended) gleaned from old episodes of an obscure TV show called 'Hi-de-Hi!'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-de-Hi%21> which most of you have never seen.  In retrospect, I don't know why I said it.  Sorry, campers.

** Along with: the Study Design, its Glossary; the Assessment Handbook; VCAA Bulletins, including their FAQ and Errata

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Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au<mailto:kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
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All generalisations are false, except this one.

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