Are Hsc Markers Hard Markers!? (1 Viewer)

[young_gurl]

i was wondering whether u would still get a mark if you did a silly mistake in your maths exam eg forgetting a negative sign.. just say if the question was out of 3 would u at leats get a 2?...
and what about if u add something incorrectly which lead you to stuff up the following question but the way you did the working out was correct?? DO u still get marks for understanding how to do the question?

Is this making any sense??!

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, yes, and yes.

 

[Antisocial]

The HSC markers follow a criteria when marking questions. It could be "correct answer" - 2 marks, "wrong answer, correct working out" - 1 mark, "wrong answer" - 0 mark.

 

[iambored]

yeah if u make a mistake somewhere, like copy a number wrong, then they will take off a mark there, but give u the rest for the working.

if u get part a) wrong, and have to use the info in a to do b), well if u use what you got, and get the anwer which is right with ur info, then you will get b) right

 

[Left-ism]

they try to give u mark rather than take them away...only fair

 

[veg]

yeah, they're pretty lenient i guess. unlike other subjects. if you're on the right track they give you something

 

[young_gurl]

yeah my teacher normally puts (consistency) next to the answers where i sub something wrong or use what i get for Qa) in question b) ..but i thought he was just being nice i wasnt sure if HSC markers would do the same!...