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Title: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 04, 2014, 02:17:24 pm
Theres no definitions in the study design, well at least i couldn't find any….  Could anyone help me?
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Nato on January 04, 2014, 02:30:58 pm
Theres no definitions in the study design, well at least i couldn't find any….  Could anyone help me?
I'm pretty sure there are definitions at the back of the busman textbook. At least, for 'Key concepts of business management' there were. :)
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 04, 2014, 02:35:52 pm
I'm pretty sure there are definitions at the back of the busman textbook. At least, for 'Key concepts of business management' there were. :)

Yea they do but there not word for word to the study design.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: grannysmith on January 04, 2014, 02:38:11 pm
I think you're looking for the assessment reports for the vcaa exams
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: grannysmith on January 04, 2014, 02:40:03 pm
VCAA call them examination reports
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 04, 2014, 02:41:57 pm
I think you're looking for the assessment reports for the vcaa exams

Can you find the definitions in the study design?
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: chasej on January 04, 2014, 02:49:10 pm
Can you find the definitions in the study design?

The definitions in the textbook are usually sufficient. I wouldn't bother learning "VCAA definitions" as they are often longer and more complex than what you actually need to write to do well.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Emie on January 04, 2014, 02:49:17 pm
There's no definitions in the study design but if you look at past papers you'll get an idea of what they typically ask.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 04, 2014, 04:04:01 pm
The definitions in the textbook are usually sufficient. I wouldn't bother learning "VCAA definitions" as they are often longer and more complex than what you actually need to write to do well.

I've been told they should word for word in the exams.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: SunnyB on January 04, 2014, 04:07:06 pm
do you recommend us reading the whole study design for our specific 3/4 subject or just the first AOS so were ready for the first assessment our school gives. It will be hard retaining knowledge from the whole study design.

Also what do people mean when they say they look at the study design and make dot points?
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: chasej on January 04, 2014, 05:07:57 pm
do you recommend us reading the whole study design for our specific 3/4 subject or just the first AOS so were ready for the first assessment our school gives. It will be hard retaining knowledge from the whole study design.
I never read the whole study design (SD) last year. I just took it one AOS at a time. I don't think there's much point in worrying about that stuff which aren't relevant to you at the time. That being said some may benefit from browsing through the SD to get a general idea of what they will be doing over the year. It's really a personal preference of whether you prefer to take it step by step or you wish to have an idea of what's going to be happening the whole year.

Also what do people mean when they say they look at the study design and make dot points?
The study design has "key knowledge" for each AOS which sets out all the information/topics you are assessed on in that AOS, what they mean is that you should use these key knowledge dot points as the headings and sub-headings of your notes to ensure 1) you learn everything and 2) you don't waste time writing notes on irrelevant stuff (some textbooks tend to go into extraneous details which you need to weed out when studying).
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: anna.xo on January 04, 2014, 11:31:02 pm
I've been told they should word for word in the exams.

What I meant was, that you had to remember the definitions word for word from the textbook ! Or at least that was what our teacher made us do !
Sorry if I was not clear
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Jason12 on January 06, 2014, 05:47:44 pm
I've been told they should word for word in the exams.
it's not necessary to learn them word for word but they must usually be a sentence or more. Also don't write things like the definition of market share is an organisation's share of the market. Vcaa trolled everyone this year and put definitions that weren't in the textbook at all but they were pretty much self explanatory
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 06, 2014, 06:05:49 pm
it's not necessary to learn them word for word but they must usually be a sentence or more. Also don't write things like the definition of market share is an organisation's share of the market. Vcaa trolled everyone this year and put definitions that weren't in the textbook at all but they were pretty much self explanatory

So learn the study design definitions?  Could you link me to it?  Cause i can't find it.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: SunnyB on January 06, 2014, 06:06:42 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/busmngmnt/BusinessManagementSD.pdf
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 06, 2014, 07:17:52 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/busmngmnt/BusinessManagementSD.pdf

Definitions aren't there.?
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: SunnyB on January 07, 2014, 09:07:22 am
look at the back of your busman book
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 07, 2014, 12:55:21 pm
look at the back of your busman book

There not the study design ones.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: chasej on January 07, 2014, 08:48:27 pm
There not the study design ones.

If VCAA wanted you to know these definitions, why are they so hard to find?
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 07, 2014, 08:53:43 pm
If VCAA wanted you to know these definitions, why are they so hard to find?

What do you mean?  There are no definitions in the study design…
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: chasej on January 08, 2014, 12:18:49 am
What do you mean?  There are no definitions in the study design…

That's my point. "VCAA definitions" are clearly irrelevant if you can't even find them anywhere.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on January 08, 2014, 11:00:38 am
That's my point. "VCAA definitions" are clearly irrelevant if you can't even find them anywhere.

So definitions are that important?
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: chasej on January 08, 2014, 11:30:32 am
So definitions are that important?

Learn textbook definitions and you'll be fine.
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: mattjarrett on January 08, 2014, 04:21:12 pm
It is far from critical to learn exact definitions. The most important thing is to understand the definitions and the concepts to which they are attached. By understanding you will also be able to answer questions when you have had a mind blank and forgotten the exact words of your memorised definitions
Title: Re: Study design definitions
Post by: Jason12 on January 10, 2014, 03:54:05 pm
I got 1 out of a possible 6 marks for getting these definitions wrong in the exam.


These definitions surprised me as I thought i knew the concept behind them but obviously didn't communicate it clearly as a definition so I guess try to look for definitions that aren't made clear in the textbook