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[dp624]

ummmm,, extra 15 min seems wrong word...
i got it from smh, anyway i am asking this
coz some of my friends still stressed about this
issue.

SMH's article was wrong. i was there so you can probably trust me more than SMH. I don;t let personal bias come into it.
And tell your friends its not as if they were negatively affected by it. IN fact the +15 mins probably increased the scaled mean of the course, meaning that they actually benefited.

 

[lou071]

SMH's article was wrong. i was there so you can probably trust me more than SMH. I don;t let personal bias come into it.
And tell your friends its not as if they were negatively affected by it. IN fact the +15 mins probably increased the scaled mean of the course, meaning that they actually benefited.

r u from ruse?

 

[dp624]

r u from ruse?

I teach at ruse.
no.
lol yes i;m from ruse

 

[lou071]

I don't get it. It was already given that James Ruse people willl kill everyone in 3 unit maths anyway. Even if they were given less time, it's likely that they would have had top rankers (or thereabout).

I think they deserve it.

lyounamu, i know it is a really silly question, but, from your 'connection', do you know any information (from BOS) about this year's maths ext1 and ext2 exam?

 

[lyounamu]

lyounamu, i know it is a really silly question, but, from your 'connection', do you know any information (from BOS) about this year's maths ext1 and ext2 exam?

about which aspect?

you mean first? or...

 

[lou071]

about which aspect?

you mean first? or...

yeh, and do you know if the marker's view toward 2008 hsc exam for maths ext1 and 2 was harder than previous years etc

 

[dp624]

Well I know what Namu's connection would say. Cos i;m connected too.
Umm the connection doest know whether the exam was harder or easier. THey're from ruse so all they can say is Ruse found it relatively easy.

 

[lyounamu]

Well I know what Namu's connection would say. Cos i;m connected too.
Umm the connection doest know whether the exam was harder or easier. THey're from ruse so all they can say is Ruse found it relatively easy.

lol "connection"

lou71: the general consensus at BoS seems to suggest that this year's exam was harder than exams before us.

 

[lou071]

Well I know what Namu's connection would say. Cos i;m connected too.
Umm the connection doest know whether the exam was harder or easier. THey're from ruse so all they can say is Ruse found it relatively easy.

both ext1 and ext2 papers?

how did you find the exam personally?

 

[lyounamu]

both ext1 and ext2 papers?

how did you find the exam personally?

ex2 = apprently the hardest in 10 years according to my teacherS
ex1 = not a hard paper in general but many people had time management issue, hence perceived to be harder when it is actually pretty easy in general

 

[dp624]

both ext1 and ext2 papers?

how did you find the exam personally?

It was ok for me. Not hard. I can say that the +15 didn't help me, cos i finished in about 80 mins. Sat there going through several time and didn't pick up on the radians fail of mine. hopefully i state rank.

Umm Ext2 wasn't all that hard. I lost at least 1 mark legitimately (i.e. couldn't do it) and at least 4 by silly mistake. @ namu i didn't find it that hard. i don't tihnk i;ll get top 10 but prolly top 20 (too bad they only publish 10). with luck i can scrape it.

From what our connections say, top in 3u was 84/84 and for 4u it was 119 or 118/120

 

[Pwnage101]

a couple more posts and this thread overtakes the post count from the 'results countdown' thread!!!

lol

 

[lyounamu]

And the top mark in the state for 2 unit is 120/120 according to our connection.

 

[lou071]

ex2 = apprently the hardest in 10 years according to my teacherS
ex1 = not a hard paper in general but many people had time management issue, hence perceived to be harder when it is actually pretty easy in general

yeah, i agree with that.

sidetracking, but do you know if the hsc exam is hard, it scales nicely?
coz my teacher told that in a year, i think 2003 or 2004 where it was 2 unit maths paper was long exam, (some found hard) and for that year, the average for 2 unit maths was 27%- which resulted nice scaling,
have u ever heard of this as well? (just checking coz i m not sure if this is reliable or not.)

 

[lyounamu]

yeah, i agree with that.

sidetracking, but do you know if the hsc exam is hard, it scales nicely?
coz my teacher told that in a year, i think 2003 or 2004 where it was 2 unit maths paper was long exam, (some found hard) and for that year, the average for 2 unit maths was 27%- which resulted nice scaling,
have u ever heard of this as well? (just checking coz i m not sure if this is reliable or not.)

scaling has got nothing to do with the difficulty of the exam. Rather, it has its relation with the calibre of th students undertaking the course. So therefore, regardless of how easy/hard 4 unit exam is, the scaling would still be high.

However, the diffculty of the exam does affect moderation though.

 

[dp624]

yeah, i agree with that.

sidetracking, but do you know if the hsc exam is hard, it scales nicely?
coz my teacher told that in a year, i think 2003 or 2004 where it was 2 unit maths paper was long exam, (some found hard) and for that year, the average for 2 unit maths was 27%- which resulted nice scaling,
have u ever heard of this as well? (just checking coz i m not sure if this is reliable or not.)

Not really, scaling doesn't depend on the paper but more likely the cohort. well yes a lower raw mark would correspond to a higher aligned mark. but scaling would stay pretty similar

 

[Rhanoct]

oh my

 

[lou071]

It was ok for me. Not hard. I can say that the +15 didn't help me, cos i finished in about 80 mins. Sat there going through several time and didn't pick up on the radians fail of mine. hopefully i state rank.

Umm Ext2 wasn't all that hard. I lost at least 1 mark legitimately (i.e. couldn't do it) and at least 4 by silly mistake. @ namu i didn't find it that hard. i don't tihnk i;ll get top 10 but prolly top 20 (too bad they only publish 10). with luck i can scrape it.

From what our connections say, top in 3u was 84/84 and for 4u it was 119 or 118/120

is it definitely right?
amazing to see that..

 

[lyounamu]

is it definitely right?
amazing to see that..

for 3 unit, it should definitely be 83+, so there isn't much surprise there.

for 4 unit, i haven't done the paper so i wouldn't know. but 119 seems too high in my point of view considering my teachers' opinions.

 

[dp624]

for 3 unit, it should definitely be 83+, so there isn't much surprise there.

for 4 unit, i haven't done the paper so i wouldn't know. but 119 seems too high in my point of view considering my teachers' opinions.

But i trust our source. If 3u was 83/84 i would have topped it. So no there. Thus the max mark was 84.

Oh, and the person who topped 4u is bloody brilliant at it. I myslef would ahve gotten 119 if it wasn't for silly mistakes. So he would have gotten 118/119 easy. THe connection says its more likely to be 118 but.