Use the Formula sub-tab to manually enter formulas against areas of assessment. See New method of calculating and summarising assessment areas.
The Formula sub-tab supersedes the Summarise to Seq field, which is still available to use on the Area sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. Using the old method, individual areas of assessment can be summarised to another assessment area but allow only non-weighted averages to be calculated. See Traditional method of summarising and linking assessment areas.
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To open the Formula sub-tab:
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Area tab - Formula sub-tab key fields and buttons
Fields
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Calculation Formula | Formula used for calculating student results, operating on assessment areas within the current subject assessment. For example, the German A subject assessment used in the examples includes three areas that are assessed:
In addition, 'assessment areas' have been added to hold the result of calculations to be:
The formula used can be a simple calculation. For example, the formula for a calculated 'assessment area' such as Average can be (A1+A2+A3)/3. |
Result Type | Formatting of the calculated result. |
Weighting Factor | Weighting factor of the current assessment area, when used in calculations by other assessment areas for the subject. It is important to be consistent across each of the assessment areas used in the weighted calculations. For example, if you have three assessment areas that you want to weight to a result using the formula @sfWeightedAverage(A1, A2, A3), you might represent them as follows:
The default value is 1, which results in no weighting if all of the other areas have the same value. |
Mark Out Of | Calculated result can be converted to a Mark Out Of value. For example, if you want to have the calculated result converted to a mark out of 50, specify a value of 50. The default is a mark out of 100. This is represented as either a 100 or a zero. |
Round to Decimal Places | Type the number of decimal places to round the result to. Synergetic rounds up or down to the nearest value, based on the number of decimal places specified. This field can be used in conjunction with the Decimal Places are Fixed field. In the following examples, the Decimal Places are Fixed field is cleared. Any integer results, such as 92, are displayed without any decimal places. For example, if the Round to Decimal Places field is:
By default the field is blank; this results in no rounding. |
Decimal Places are Fixed | When a value is specified in the Round to Decimal Places field, you can fix the format of the values that are displayed on the student reports. Based on the examples used above, if the Decimal Places are Fixed field is selected:
Any integer results, such as 92, are displayed with decimal places. |
Truncate instead of Round | You can truncate the values that are displayed on the student reports. When:
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Transfer to Seq | Select another assessment area to push the calculation result to. |
Areas | Areas of assessment that can be used in the Calculation Formula. Double click the required assessment area to place it in the Calculation Formula field. Each area is designated by the letter A and suffixed by its sequence number. In the following example, the Ranking assessment area is designated A5 and included in the @sfDecileSubjectHighLow formula. Note: The current assessment area, used to define the calculated result, is not displayed in the Areas field. This is to avoid recursive calculations, where the result forms part of its own input. |
Functions | A range of mathematical functions are supplied with Synergetic. See Functions used when calculating student results. Double click the required function to place the function in the Calculation Formula field. Then enter the required parameters. Tip: Click to launch a small information window with helpful instructions for using the selected formula. |
Buttons
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Place a plus (+) character in the Calculation Formula field where the cursor is positioned. Tip: You can type the formula directly in the Calculation Formula field for most of the buttons shown. | |
Place a minus (-) character in the Calculation Formula field where the cursor is positioned. | |
Place a multiplication ({}) character in the *Calculation Formula field where the cursor is positioned. | |
Place a division (/) character in the Calculation Formula field where the cursor is positioned. | |
Place an open bracket ( character in the Calculation Formula field where the cursor is positioned. | |
Place a closed bracket ) character in the Calculation Formula field where the cursor is positioned. | |
Check that the formula in the Calculation Formula field is correctly formatted. |
Common buttons
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Switch to the Summary tab to maintain information about the subject assessment associated with the current subject assessment areas. See Maintaining subject assessments. | |
Create a new subject assessment area. See Creating new subject assessment areas. | |
Delete a subject assessment area, if:
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Open the Set Subject Assessment Search Criteria window. See Searching for subjects and assessment areas. | |
Move to the sub-tab on the left of the current sub-tab of the Area tab. | |
Move to the sub-tab on the right of the current sub-tab of the Area tab. |
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