Comments on: How to master your time during sacs and VCE exams http://www.vcehelp.com.au/how-to-master-your-time-during-sacs-and-vce-exams-90/ VCE resources for VCE students, parents and teachers. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Heath McGregor http://www.vcehelp.com.au/how-to-master-your-time-during-sacs-and-vce-exams-90/#comment-395 Heath McGregor Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:47:42 +0000 http://www.vcehelp.com.au/how-to-master-your-time-during-sacs-and-vce-exams-90/#comment-395 Hi Peter, I am not an examiner for the VCAA so therefore I do not write the exams, nor do I have any official guidelines from the VCAA regarding their suggested timeframe for questions and allocation of time. 36 seconds per mark (for your grad diploma certificate) would seem fairly challenging. It also depends on the question format they are asking: multiple choice vs short answer which would naturally require more time to "earn" a mark. The exams that I correct (PE Unit 3/4) are usually around 110-130 marks in 2 hours writing time so as far as comparison goes it is about 1 mark per minute with reading time as well. Hi Peter, I am not an examiner for the VCAA so therefore I do not write the exams, nor do I have any official guidelines from the VCAA regarding their suggested timeframe for questions and allocation of time.

36 seconds per mark (for your grad diploma certificate) would seem fairly challenging. It also depends on the question format they are asking: multiple choice vs short answer which would naturally require more time to “earn” a mark.

The exams that I correct (PE Unit 3/4) are usually around 110-130 marks in 2 hours writing time so as far as comparison goes it is about 1 mark per minute with reading time as well.

]]> By: Peter Dell'Oro http://www.vcehelp.com.au/how-to-master-your-time-during-sacs-and-vce-exams-90/#comment-360 Peter Dell'Oro Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:19:39 +0000 http://www.vcehelp.com.au/how-to-master-your-time-during-sacs-and-vce-exams-90/#comment-360 I am an ex VCE maths/physics teacher who has had a change of career to ambulance. I am currently sitting exams for a Graduate diploma through Monash. I am trying to find out a general time allocation given for each mark in an exam. I think I recall approx 2mins per question. My last exam allowed 36 secs (90mins-150 marks). I would like to put forward an argument to have this changed. Can you provide me with any information to your time allocation and the reasoning behind this. Regards Peter Dell'Oro I am an ex VCE maths/physics teacher who has had a change of career to ambulance. I am currently sitting exams for a Graduate diploma through Monash. I am trying to find out a general time allocation given for each mark in an exam. I think I recall approx 2mins per question. My last exam allowed 36 secs (90mins-150 marks). I would like to put forward an argument to have this changed. Can you provide me with any information to your time allocation and the reasoning behind this. Regards Peter Dell’Oro

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