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Not too long ago, we had an exam (for a science subject i won't name), and it was purely based on about 1-4 syllabus dot points, that cover the same basic topic. The exam altogether was out of 45 (25 marks dedicated to a model, 20 dedicated to 5 questions).

The problem here is that this exam was worth 25%, our half yearly exam was 20% and our trial is worth 30%.

I'm not complaining because i didn't do well, which isn't the case, but rather everyone's ranks seem really messed up, and students who have hardly studied all year, could manage to pull off 95-100.

A similar case occurred in another science in which a 25% exam covered about 3-4 first hand practical tasks, with the half yearly exam worth 20% and trials worth 30%.


Is this fair?
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I had a Physics assessment.

Was worth 30% (Trials is worth 35%).

And it was out of 30 marks. (i.e. 1 mark = 1%)

Made like 2 sillies already...

So yeah.
 

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Wait til you get to uni, 50-70% weighted exams are normal.
 

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yes it's fair because everyone sits the same exams/assessments. it's not the most balanced thing in the world in terms of syllabus coverage:weighting but that's not always a problem.
i think i had something similar in english last year where my separate exams for modules were worth like 15% whilst in the trial worth only about 5-7% - meaning that screwed me over since i didn't do well in the small assessment tasks but bossed it towards the end of the year in trials.
wait for the trials before you really look at ranks - they'll generally put people closer to where they should be (those who got lucky with knowing those 4 dot points may not be as lucky when they're tested on the entire syllabus)
 

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lol my chem prac which is tomorrow is 35% while our trials are 30%. fml...
 

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yep our science faculty is pretty dysfunctional... apparently we're gonna have to have 40 people in one class next term cos a teacher is leaving -.-
 
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yep our science faculty is pretty dysfunctional... apparently we're gonna have to have 40 people in one class next term cos a teacher is leaving -.-
Jeez but didn't you guys have Ms Harman? I thought she was good LOL
 

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I personally don't think it's fair because some kids can just magically fluke a test and have that impact really positively on their rank or vice versa.
They do it at my school too :'(
 

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there's nothing wrong with "magically fluking" a test. the school sets the test for a reason. some exams like the trials will favour those who study hard, while others might favour people who have certain ways of thinking or have an aptitude towards science.
 

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In my opinion, the ideal weighting should be 15%, 30%, 15%, 40%.

Where the 15%s are small assessment tasks, the 30% is half-yearly and 40% is the trial.
 

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In my opinion, the ideal weighting should be 15%, 30%, 15%, 40%.

Where the 15%s are small assessment tasks, the 30% is half-yearly and 40% is the trial.
LOL idk bout your year but this year's Penrith research is worth 30% while prac is worth 30%, that'll probs screw over a lot of good Phy/Chem/Bio(?) students...
 

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I had a Physics assessment.

Was worth 30% (Trials is worth 35%).

And it was out of 30 marks. (i.e. 1 mark = 1%)

Made like 2 sillies already...

So yeah.
did she ask that ya dumb dawg
 

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it's totally up to your teachers for the weighting. As long as the weighting was stated on the assessment notif and it corresponds, they can do whatever they want.
 

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