1. PHYSICS EXAMINATIONS – 2012 Bruce Walsh Chief Assessors

2. GENERAL COMMENTS  Study design and textbooks  Examiners report  VASS system  SSMS  On line marking

3. REMINDERS  Illegible writing  Multiple attempts at question  Explanations must address specific question. Writing everything can lead to contradictions.

4.  Explanations – 1 mark per dot point  Show working – some require it  Significant figures, rounding  Calculators – sci mode, no truncation  Answers as simplified decimals and specified units

5.  Show numbers substituted into formulae  Formulae (including derived) must be correct  Vectors must originate from point of application

6. JUNE EXAMINATION

7. STATISTICS  7082 students  Mean = 63%  Median = 66%  Std dev = 23%

8. GRADEMin(/180)Min(%) A+16491 A15284 B+13977 B12268 C+10257 C8346 D+6436 D5028 E+3620 E1911

19. PROBLEM AREAS DETAILED STUDIES RELATIVITY  Questions 1, 6, 8, 10, 11 MATERIALS & STRUCTURES  Questions 8, 9 FURTHER ELECTRONICS  Questions 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

20. NOVEMBER EXAMINATION

21. STATISTICS  Number of students = 6942  Mean = 60%  Median = 62%  Std dev = 22%

22. GRADE MIN (/180) MIN (%) A+16189 A14882 B+13173 B11162 C+9050 C7240 D+5631 D4022 E+2112 E169

33. PROBLEM AREAS DETAILED STUDIES SYNCHROTRON SYNCHROTRON  Questions 7, 8, 10 PHOTONICS  Questions 3, 8 SOUND  Question 2, 6