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Standardisation at uni?
« on: February 10, 2010, 08:28:21 pm »
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I remember seeing a thread asking the same question but I don't think I got a definitive answer from that.

What I would like to know is, at uni, will our exams, assignments  and overall grade (HD, D, etc.) still be put under standardisation (ie. the bell-curve not unlike the VCE study score system)?

Of course this shouldn't affect our studying abilities and we should always try our best... :P but I'd like to know if I will still see the highly competitive (and as I find, pressuring) environment in uni as I did in VCE.

Thanks
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Re: Standardisation at uni?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2010, 10:07:09 pm »
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Different for each subject :P
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Re: Standardisation at uni?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2010, 10:23:58 pm »
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Quote from: dekoyl on February 10, 2010, 08:28:21 pm
I remember seeing a thread asking the same question but I don't think I got a definitive answer from that.

What I would like to know is, at uni, will our exams, assignments  and overall grade (HD, D, etc.) still be put under standardisation (ie. the bell-curve not unlike the VCE study score system)?

Of course this shouldn't affect our studying abilities and we should always try our best... :P but I'd like to know if I will still see the highly competitive (and as I find, pressuring) environment in uni as I did in VCE.

Thanks

Depends on the lecturer. And how much the class has struggled in assessments (there's an incentive to reduce the amount of people failing a class).
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Re: Standardisation at uni?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2010, 11:06:33 pm »
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Probs hard to answer on a general basis, but do you think we will be notified as to whether the class assessments are standardised or not?
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Re: Standardisation at uni?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 01:34:32 am »
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All my subjectively graded assessments have not been standardised so far. There's firstly a numerical grade, then a pass/borderline/fail grade, and some people got 50% and passed, others got 70% and borderlined. The standards of markers showed no correlation whatsoever really. Many, many, many complaints followed. I hope other departments aren't like this =\
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Re: Standardisation at uni?
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2010, 12:33:57 pm »
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Quote from: shinny on February 11, 2010, 01:34:32 am
some people got 50% and passed, others got 70% and borderlined.

Wtf how does that work?
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Re: Standardisation at uni?
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2010, 01:19:35 pm »
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Quote from: ninwa on February 11, 2010, 12:33:57 pm
Quote from: shinny on February 11, 2010, 01:34:32 am
some people got 50% and passed, others got 70% and borderlined.

Wtf how does that work?

The assessors just had totally different perspectives of what a 'good mark' really is.
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