Sufficient notes?

[meagle]

In the Justice and Outcomes VCE Units 3+4 (Beaver) text book there seems to be a large amount of information that isn't in the key knowledge. For example, in outcome 3 there is information about the interpretation of past decisions, methods used by judges etc. yet none of this is mentioned in the key knowledge. Do we need to learn this or is it just introductory ramble?

Do these notes cover everything for outcome 3?

[AbominableMowman]

In the Justice and Outcomes VCE Units 3+4 (Beaver) text book there seems to be a large amount of information that isn't in the key knowledge. For example, in outcome 3 there is information about the interpretation of past decisions, methods used by judges etc. yet none of this is mentioned in the key knowledge. Do we need to learn this or is it just introductory ramble?

Do these notes cover everything for outcome 3?

According to my teacher, the book was written/edited by one of the chief assessors (from previous years) so she said almost anything on the book (besides the usual random cases and stuff) could be relevant for the exam..
When I did the SAC there was a question on methods used by judges.. but I'm not too sure about the interpretation of past decisions.

[Firemurphy]

basically anything that is not in buff colours ("Going Further") is testable in SACS.

external exams written by VCAA will only have things that are contained in the study designs.

for example, i did a sac today that asked us what intrinsic and extrinsic materials are. theyre covered in Justice and Outcomes but not in study design so it's useful to know most, if not all, of the content in your textbook. however, dont bother learning all case studies, of course.

[eeps]

In terms of preparation, your SACs might cover content that isn't in the study design. When it comes to doing practice exams, focus on the dot points covered in the study design because it cuts out a lot of the stuff that you don't need to know from the textbooks. I would also pay attention to examples when making your notes (i.e. cases, acts etc.).

[Firemurphy]

In terms of preparation, your SACs might cover content that isn't in the study design. When it comes to doing practice exams, focus on the dot points covered in the study design because it cuts out a lot of the stuff that you don't need to know from the textbooks. I would also pay attention to examples when making your notes (i.e. cases, acts etc.).

Yeah I agree. In SACs teachers might test extra content to differentiate students, like my teacher did when he made us "distinguish, with examples instrinsic and extrinsic materials" and the question was worht 4 marks. But in the end of year exam, they won't do that because it would be unfair to students across the state.