And, you’re done (with VCE maths). We hope it went well.
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Secret 2022 Specialist Business: Exam 1 Discussion
We hope it went well for youse all.
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WitCH 86: Seeing Red (and Blue)
This one is from the 2022 Mathematical Methods Exam 1 (not yet online). We’ve decided that the question below is sufficiently bad to have earned its own WitCH. Previous comments on the question can be found on the Exam 1 discussion post. Continue reading “WitCH 86: Seeing Red (and Blue)”
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.
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WitCH 85: The Continuation of MAV’s Trials
With Methods exams next week, this one’s kinda important.
We try to avoid critiquing, or even being in the same room as, third party VCE practice exams. They are invariably clunky and weird, with plenty to criticise, but they matter infinitely less than the yearly screw-ups of the official exams.
Even MAV trial exams we do our best to ignore. Yes, the MAV is (too) closely aligned with the VCAA (with a number of people in conflicted, dual roles), and so MAV has a significantly greater professional and moral obligation to maintain high standards. But still, third party is third party, and we try our best to just ignore MAV’s nonsense. On occasion, however, MAV’s nonsense matters sufficiently, or is simply sufficiently annoying, to warrant a whack.
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RatS 24: Ed Knight – Guessing C on a NY Algebra Test
Courtesy of frequent commenter Red Five, a maddening and absolutely hilarious article:
Guessing C For Every Answer Is Now Enough To Pass The New York State Algebra Exam
Ed Knight
My student, River, spent more time in the courtroom than the classroom last year. One Friday night in September, a drunk friend called and asked for a ride home from a party. River obliged. That’s a problem when you’re 14 years old. On his excellent adventure with his drunk friend, River drove over the landscaping of several local businesses and ended with his car in the woods caught in a web of maple sugaring lines. Things spiralled from there. Continue reading “RatS 24: Ed Knight – Guessing C on a NY Algebra Test”
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 the exams, except to follow up on whatever people find worthy of comment. Continue reading “Discussion of the 2022 NHT Methods Exams”
WitCH 81: Pointed Criticism
This is another one courtesy of Mysterious Michael. We’re not quite sure whether it’s a WitCH, or a PoSWW, or one for the error list, or simply a roll-your-eyes-and-ignore. In any case, it’s a question from the notorious 2016 Methods Exam 2 (report here), and we’ve expanded slightly from MM’s stated concern. (We could’ve expanded to include the entire question, as a Road to Nowhere, but decided not to lose too much of MM’s original focus.)
Have fun.
How the Other Maths Lives
A few days ago, the Sydney Morning Herald had an article on “the hardest question” from this year’s NSW Extension 2 Exam. The question is worth 5 marks, which equates to 9 minutes of a 3 hour exam (accessible here). The question, and another question (6-ish minutes), which apparently came along for the ride, are posted below. Readers’ homework exercise is to Compare and Contrast. Continue reading “How the Other Maths Lives”