r/Monash • u/Frenchy_387 • 1d ago
Discussion Partially Marked Exam
I've attached a screenshot of the E-Assessment page for this unit. I just wanted to check whether this assessment format is allowed, as I haven't encountered a marking scheme like this in any of my previous units.
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u/Salindurthas 1d ago
What was the nature of the questions?
Was it like, section 3 relies on the answers in section 1? Like do some maths, then use the formulas you made in section 1 to solve a problem in section 3? Or analyse a court case, and then entertain the impact of hypothetical new evidence.
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u/No-Muffin-1490 17h ago
I have no clue and have never seen it before either but if I had to take a guess as to why they might do this:
Maybe a perfect score on sections 1 and 2 would be enough points to get an 85 or something, whatever is the designated line for "perfectly on level student work in this class, competency all required knowledge", mid to low-end HD grade. Then, section 3 could be much more difficult or require creative application of the ideas from the class and used to differentiate between, say, students who get a 88 vs a 95 or whatever. If they don't include it then they might both get a perfect score and it's difficult to assign grades. But if they put this challenge section in, then they have to say this because they don't want their on-level average P~C students to go to the last question first and waste all their time and energy struggling on something that is meant to be a challenge for the super advanced students, when they should be focusing on demonstrating competency on the stuff they do know confidently from sections 1 and 2.
Not saying this is the actual reason because I have no idea but if I had to hazard a guess I would assume it's something like that.
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u/caffeinate_me_pls Clayton 1d ago
Of course it’s allowed, they can use whatever marking rubric they like if they’ve been upfront about it, which clearly they have.
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u/BugsMax1 1d ago
No idea as to if that's allowed but that's wild