[Year 12 SofDev] Depth of coverage challenge

[Mark Kelly]

2c worth...

There should be discriminator questions occasionally to separate the A 
students from the A+ students.  Perhaps the questions you mentioned are 
of that variety.

Frank Van Den Boom wrote:
> I was looking through the first sample VITTA paper just now and noticed 
> a couple of questions on FIFO/queues.
> See below for clarification I got late last year on what depth we need 
> to go to on data structures.
>  
> There is another sec A question requiring knowledge of 802.11b AND 
> 802.11g standards. This is another area where I think it is impossible 
> to tell from the SD the depth of coverage required. In this area, I 
> simply don't go down to this level.
>  
> While I appreciate that putting the SD together is a challenge, it 
> puzzles me why some key knowledge points are quite detailed and specific 
> and others very general, for example:
> U4O1 Pg 43: "forms of user documentation including printed, CD, online 
> Internet, and types of user documentation, including quick start guide, 
> tutorial, content sensitive help and manual"
> compared to
> U4O1 Pg 43: "forms and uses of data structures to organise and 
> manipulate data".
>  
> Frank
> 
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> *From:* is-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:is-bounces at edulists.com.au] 
> *On Behalf Of *Adrian Janson
> *Sent:* Friday, 24 November 2006 8:57 AM
> *To:* 'Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing List'
> *Subject:* [Year 12 Its] Minimum data structures...
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> Following up from a conversation that was going on pre-conference 
> concerning data structures and the like….
> 
>  
> 
> Specifically, the Key Knowledge point in question is this: 'Forms and 
> uses of data structures to organise and manipulate data'.
> 
>  
> 
> Many of you are wondering what data structures are mandated (ie. Might 
> appear on the end of year exam?).  Although I felt I had a pretty good 
> idea about the meaning of this, I wanted to touch base with Paula before 
> posting a reply.  In terms of this KK point, the previous exams are a 
> good guide.  1-D arrays are essential, but multi-dimensional are not.  
> You do not have to teach linked lists, stacks or queues (however, as you 
> will want to make students aware of different data structures, you might 
> like to talk about them and demo them – which is what I will be doing). 
>  I would also expect students to understand what a record is.  Students 
> should also be familiar with the way that data can be sorted within an 
> array – however, I don’t believe it is necessary for them to be familiar 
> with the different sorting types.  I will demonstrate the sorts to my 
> class just to give them an idea of what is possible.
> 
>  
> 
> Hope this helps clarify any concerns,
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adrian Janson
> 

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