PHYSICS EXAMINATIONS

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PHYSICS EXAMINATIONS 2009

• Bruce Walsh
• Chief Assessor

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REMINDERS

• Study design and textbooks
• Examiners report
• VASS system
• SSMS
• Exam format - detailed studies
• All papers double marked

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GENERAL COMMENTS

• Illegible writing
• Multiple attempts at question
• Avoid uncommon abbreviations
• Explanations must address specific question.
  Writing everything can lead to contradictions.

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• Explanations 1 mark per dot point
• Ridiculous answers prompt check
• Show working some require it
• Converting units
• Care reading scales on axes
• Excessive rounding off of working and answers

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• Calculators
• Answers as simplified decimals
• Gradient from graph
• Powers of 10 calculations
• Transformation of equations / formulae

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JUNE EXAMINATION
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STATISTICS

• 6868 students
• Mean 68
• Median 73
• Std dev 23
• Number achieving 100 107
• Detailed studies (13, 73, 14)

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GRADE MIN (/180) MIN ()
A 172 96
A 161 89
B 147 82
B 130 72
C 110 61
C 89 49
D 68 38
D 51 28
E 37 21
E 25 14
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PROBLEM AREASDETAILED STUDIES

• RELATIVITY (mean79)
• None
• MATERIALS STRUCTURES (mean 72)
• Question 10
• FURTHER ELECTRONICS (mean 64)
• Questions 5, 13

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NOVEMBER EXAMINATION
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STATISTICS

• Number of students 6705
• Mean 68
• Median 72
• Std dev 23
• Number achieving 100 31
• Detailed studies (16, 6, 78)

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GRADE MIN (/180) MIN ()
A 171 95
A 162 90
B 149 83
B 131 72
C 110 61
C 90 50
D 68 38
D 50 28
E 28 16
E 9 5
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PROBLEM AREASDETAILED STUDIES

• SYNCHROTRON (mean 67)
• Questions 4, 7, 8, 10, 11
• PHOTONICS (mean 65)
• Questions 2, 3, 9, 10, 11
• SOUND (mean 76)
• Question 4, 11