Secret 2022 Methods Business: Exam 2 Discussion
Fire away. (Exam 1 discussion is here.)
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Secret 2022 Methods Business: Exam 1 Discussion
We hope the exam went well for all you students, or all your students (tick whichever applies). We haven’t looked at the exam yet, but in any case we’ll first give others time to comment. Fire when ready.
Can Smart Victorian Students Avoid Mathematical Methods?
Note that our question is not whether smart Victorian students should avoid Methods. Given that Methods is the ugliest, stupidest, most aimless, digitally perverted, anally retentive, error-strewn, little Hitler managed, God forsaken heap of anti-mathematical garbage ever conceived, or even conceivable, of course all students should avoid Methods if they possibly can. The question is, […]
Discussion of the 2022 NHT Methods Exams
This is our post for discussion of the 2022 NHT Mathematical Methods exams, which have now been posted, here and here. (See also our corresponding 2022 NHT Specialist exams post.) We’ve had a quick browse, and found plenty of irritants but no glaringly large errors. We don’t plan to look further or to post on […]
Secret 2021 Methods Business: Exam 2 Discussion
As for yesterday, we’ve been handballed a copy of the Methods 2 exam, and we haven’t looked at it yet. **************************************************** UPDATE (23/04/22) Our comments on the exam report are now interlaced below, in green. here. Needless to say, the examiners didn’t confess to, much less apologise for, any of their screw-ups.
Secret 2021 Methods Business: Exam 1 Discussion
Methods Exam 1 was today. We’ve been handballed a copy of the exam but haven’t looked at it yet, and we’ve not yet heard any reactions. People are free to give their thoughts in the comments below, and we’ll update this post as the dust settles. ************************************ UPDATE (22/04/22) OK, we’ve now been through the […]
Discussion of the 2021 NHT Methods Exams
This is our post for discussion of the 2021 NHT Mathematical Methods exams (here and here). See also the accompanying 2021 NHT Specialist exams post, here. See also the relevant Witches: here, here and here. UPDATE (08/10/21) The exam reports have reappeared, as PDFs, here and here. The exam 2 report has important updates, and […]
Secret Methods Business: Exam 2 Discussion
This is our post for teachers and students to discuss Methods Exam 2 (not online). There are also posts for Methods Exam 1, Specialist Exam 1 and Specialist Exam 2. UPDATE (09/09/21) The examination report is here (a Word document, because VCAA is stupid). Corresponding updates, including the noting of blatant errors (MCQ20, and see […]
Secret Methods Business: Exam 1 Discussion
OK, we should have thought of this earlier. This post is for teachers and students (and fellow travellers) to discuss Methods Exam 1, which was held a few days ago. (There are also posts for Methods Exam 2, Specialist Exam 1 and Specialist Exam 2. We had thought of also putting up posts for Further, […]
MELting Pot: The Methods Error List
UPDATE (02/11/21) The list is now “complete”, in the sense that it includes all the errors of which we are aware. (We have given the earlier exams only a very, very quick scan.) We will update and correct the list, whenever anything is brought to our attention, and of course when new exams appear. ************************************** […]