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VeryCrazyEdu.

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pen on exam??
« on: May 15, 2010, 08:42:01 pm »
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Apparently this year they are making the change to mark the exams electronically....I went onto the vcaa website and they altered one of the exams to the new format (kinda like the gat with the box around the page etc.) EXCEPT it says before you download it that you must write in blue or black pen...

does this mean we have to on the exam?? or can we just use 2b pencil :)
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Re: pen on exam??
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2010, 08:57:01 pm »
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The GAT had orange around it last year. There is no way they can mark short answer electronically.

I want to use pencil!
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2010, 08:58:04 pm »
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I thought you had to use pen on all VCE exams...
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2010, 08:58:35 pm »
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I know you can use pencil in maths...
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2010, 08:59:30 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on May 15, 2010, 08:58:35 pm
I know you can use pencil in maths...
Really? That's great, right now I'm getting used to doing maths (minus the diagrams) in pen ;)
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2010, 09:14:21 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on May 15, 2010, 08:57:01 pm
The GAT had orange around it last year. There is no way they can mark short answer electronically.

I want to use pencil!

Apparently the short answer (for chem, at least) are going to be scanned or something onto a computer, but they're still going to be marked by people. It just means you can't write on the margins/sides of the paper.
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Re: pen on exam??
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2010, 09:20:22 pm »
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I thought they already made copies of your paper...

How else does more than one examiner mark it then?
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Re: pen on exam??
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2010, 09:23:04 pm »
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okay so you think we will still be able to use pencil :S because this link says "advised to use black or blue pen" http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/examcovers/2010examindex.html

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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2010, 09:27:38 pm »
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seriously, what are they going to do.  be little bitches and say:

'no i'm not marking the paper.  the writing is perfectly clear and the answers look very detailed and comprehensive, but i'm not marking it."
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Re: pen on exam??
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2010, 09:30:19 pm »
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haha its vcaa so quite possibly...
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2010, 09:37:00 pm »
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Consider the fact that if you write in pen it is more likely to transfer when scanning. Also consider the markers. After a long day teaching or whatever, they are marking the papers (most likely at night) and really only want straight answers. Writing in pencil means they have to strain their eyes as well as scrutinize your paper more! (YOU DONT WANT THIS!!!)

yeah as much as this ISN'T our problem in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM we have to realize that they are human to.
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2010, 10:07:35 pm »
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What happens in the event you want to change your answer?
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2010, 10:13:25 pm »
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Cross it out?? Then if it gets real messy, place a number like 1 next to the scribble or the question, and then the proper working out in another space with the same number to show that is where the working is. This is the same method as to be used in English as I'm told by the seniors.
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2010, 10:17:49 pm »
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I see... they could just remove the dilemma altogether by allowing pencil, what's the difference?

Not that I care, just curious.
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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2010, 10:21:29 pm »
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As I *just* said, some people may not press hard enough for whatever reason and thus it may incur ambiguities in the marking propping up debates of whether: "he meant this or that". With pen, there is no question.
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