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paulsterio

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Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« on: December 16, 2011, 04:27:06 pm »
Since when was spesh marked so harshly?!?!?!?!!!!!!! =.="


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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 04:30:23 pm »
I don't mean to sound like a douche complaining, but I was honestly expecting more for spesh. Got 40 raw (which I think is still good!), but was honestly hoping for 44-45 (thought I lost 4-6 marks in total).

Furthermore, I thought methods was marked easier! I swear I lost 8-10 marks, and somehow got a 46!

Luckily the scaling was awesome :)
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 04:30:54 pm »
haha i goofed up so badly! and i thought i did well!


oh well, the scaling was all worth it
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 04:35:06 pm »
Yeah I thought I only lost 6 marks across both and ended up with 42... but I think the awesome scaling kind of makes up for it :P
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 04:35:35 pm »
rohit, that's how i felt, i only thought i lost about 5 marks all together, and i'm ranked one in a strong cohort, which should give me full marks for sacs :(

i must have lost marks for dodgy stuff, what the hell!!!

methods was fair though, i think i lost 2 marks on exam 2, which makes sense :)


even though the scaling makes up for it, the higher aggregate cancels it out :(
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2011, 04:37:30 pm »
Yep same, I know I lost 4 on exam 1 but I got all the correct answers for exam 2, so it was only down to the few proof questions/working to knock me around, and I got 42...
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2011, 04:39:22 pm »
lol i dont know why you guys are complaining i was estatic that i got 34... :P
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2011, 04:42:06 pm »
how much did it get scaled up?
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2011, 04:43:00 pm »
34->45.99 but im saying 46 to everyone lol
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2011, 04:43:24 pm »
Quote from: james_blues on December 16, 2011, 04:42:06 pm
how much did it get scaled up?

My 40 -> 50.6

In 2009, 46 -> 50.7


So, it was MASSIVE!
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2011, 04:44:29 pm »
really, thats huge
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2011, 04:44:56 pm »
Quote from: luken93 on December 16, 2011, 04:37:30 pm
Yep same, I know I lost 4 on exam 1 but I got all the correct answers for exam 2, so it was only down to the few proof questions/working to knock me around, and I got 42...

Hmmm, it would be harsh if 36/40 was a B+ :S
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2011, 04:45:14 pm »
Quote from: paulsterio on December 16, 2011, 04:27:06 pm
Since when was spesh marked so harshly?!?!?!?!!!!!!! =.="


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how do you know spesh was marked so hardly? If the exam's marked hardly it  implies that it's a consistent hardness, which should NOT affect how difficult it is to get a certain score. Shouldn't it just mean a lower score is required for x study score?

E.g.
In 2 years the cohort of 4 same students who did the exact same exam and wrote the exact same things are marked differently
Year 1: Student 1: 100% Student 2: 100% Student 3: 90% Student 4:80%
Year 2: Student 1: 50% Student 2: 50% Student 3: 40 % Student 4: 30%

Study scores year 1
Student 1: 50, 2: 50 3: 23 4: 10
Year 2
Student 1: 50, student 2: 50, student 3: 23, student 4: 10

I think you have to wait until you see A+ cut offs etc. before you make any judgement
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2011, 04:46:01 pm »
Im guessing a 30 went to 43 so probs 13!!! effing huge.
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Re: Specialist Maths - What the hell? =.="
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2011, 04:49:54 pm »
http://www.vtac.edu.au/pdf/scaling_report.pdf full report

30 --> 42 and 40->51??? Ridiculous! Hope it stays the same for next year.
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