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JamesJohnson234567890123456789:
Hi all,

I heard a lot of teachers and students say that the Methods Exam last year was super hard. How hard was it really? ( for VCE )

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--- Quote from: JamesJohnson234567890123456789 on August 09, 2021, 11:08:19 am ---Hi all,

I heard a lot of teachers and students say that the Methods Exam last year was super hard. How hard was it really?

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An easy way to compare is to check the graded distributions for last year relative to most years.

An A+ for last year is 33/40 (66/80) and 61.5/80 (123/160) for Exam 1 and 2 respectively.

If you compare that with 2017 which was perceived as a pretty difficult year at the time you had 34.5/40 and 63/80 for Exam 1 and 2 respectively then. Note in 2017 a 116/120 was a 50 (which is usually pretty unprecedented).

So it was indeed probably one of the most difficult years but not exceptionally difficult. I'd personally say last years' was a bit easier than 2013 (where although the A+ cutoff for E2 was the same at 61.5, in 2013 you could drop ~12 marks and still get a 48 raw). In 2020, dropping 12 marks was around a 46. That being said, in 2006 dropping 12 marks was a 43 so it was definitely difficult. All about how the distribution is skewed.

S_R_K:
I think the main reason why many teachers / students thought it was hard is that they were expecting the examiners to go a bit soft because of the extended period of remote learning.

jinx_58:
Is this any specific state, like QCE or VCE, or just in general?

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