Induction Marking (1 Viewer)

[chubzy]

Hey so basically I just got my 3u trials back and initially I couldn't prove this Induction question cause of some error, so I fudged it and just made it equal to the right hand side (out of desperation haha)

But I managed to get it correctly a second time round, after I did some other questions.

My problem is that I completely forgot to cross off my first attempt (which was in the booklet) but I did include my answer (which was on an extra page).

I basically lost 1.5 marks just because "i had two solutions". This happened for another question which I accept was a stupid mistake, just because I actually had two different solutions.

But for an INDUCTION question, it's essentially a prove question, so I really can't have "two solutions", just an attempt and a solution. Right?!

My teacher (who didn't mark the question) said something about how in the HSC, they consider your second attempt as the real answer. Is this true? I know it's only 1.5 marks but it's really irritating and I want to have some legitimate reasoning to back this up...

Unless you guys think that I deserved to not get full marks....then I'll just save myself from humiliation

Thanks!

 

[taeyang]

How could they tell in the HSC which one is your second attempt, if you DO IT SIDE BY SIDE !

 

[nightweaver066]

How could they tell in the HSC which one is your second attempt, if you DO IT SIDE BY SIDE !

I heard from my teacher who is a HSC marker if you put answers side by side, you lose half the marks even if you get it correct.

 

[taeyang]

well there goes that option

 

[chubzy]

but I did it on a separate piece of paper cause my booklet was full, so wouldn't that mean that it had to be my second attempt?

 

[Omnipotence]

You must cross out one sol^n.

 

[michaeljennings]

Hey so basically I just got my 3u trials back and initially I couldn't prove this Induction question cause of some error, so I fudged it and just made it equal to the right hand side (out of desperation haha)

But I managed to get it correctly a second time round, after I did some other questions.

My problem is that I completely forgot to cross off my first attempt (which was in the booklet) but I did include my answer (which was on an extra page).

I basically lost 1.5 marks just because "i had two solutions". This happened for another question which I accept was a stupid mistake, just because I actually had two different solutions.

But for an INDUCTION question, it's essentially a prove question, so I really can't have "two solutions", just an attempt and a solution. Right?!

My teacher (who didn't mark the question) said something about how in the HSC, they consider your second attempt as the real answer. Is this true? I know it's only 1.5 marks but it's really irritating and I want to have some legitimate reasoning to back this up...

Unless you guys think that I deserved to not get full marks....then I'll just save myself from humiliation

Thanks!

What mark did you end up getting overall