This means a student must have had the opportunity to complete the structured education program and the assessment program for the course unit, unless the school accepts there are exceptional and justifiable circumstances. The assessment program is summarised in the assessment table. You will notice the assessment tables for Year 12 now show fixed assessment weightings rather than having a weighting range. Examinations are now specified as a separate assessment type. There have been minimal changes to the assessment tables for courses in the Technologies learning area beyond the generic changes for all courses already outlined. In Applied Information Technology and Computer Science, the descriptive statements of each assessment type have been revised to improve readability, clarity and alignment to syllabus content. The Materials Design and Technology Year 12 ATAR course now has two assessment tables in Year 12 – one defining practical tasks and assessment and a table for written tasks and examinations. In Design, the investigation assessment type has been removed. The skills and knowledge demonstrated through investigations will now be assessed through practical or response tasks. In Design, these are productions. In Automotive Engineering and Technology there are minor corrections to the wording of the types of evidence and assessment descriptions. Students enrolled in Year 12 ATAR courses are required to sit the WACE examination. When sitting an external examination, it is critical that students make a genuine attempt. There have been changes to the examination design briefs in Technologies. Applied Information Technology General section 2, short and extended answers, has been split into two sections but the relative weightings and the number of questions remains unchanged. The description of the stimulus materials, which students can be required to refer to, has been revised to provide clarity.
This means a student must have had the opportunity to complete the structured education program and the assessment program for the course unit, unless the school accepts there are exceptional and justifiable circumstances. The assessment program is summarised in the assessment table. You will notice the assessment tables for Year 12 now show fixed assessment weightings rather than having a weighting range. Examinations are now specified as a separate assessment type. There have been minimal changes to the assessment tables for courses in the Technologies learning area beyond the generic changes for all courses already outlined. In Applied Information Technology and Computer Science, the descriptive statements of each assessment type have been revised to improve readability, clarity and alignment to syllabus content. The Materials Design and Technology Year 12 ATAR course now has two assessment tables in Year 12 – one defining practical tasks and assessment and a table for written tasks and examinations. In Design, the investigation assessment type has been removed. The skills and knowledge demonstrated through investigations will now be assessed through practical or response tasks. In Design, these are productions. In Automotive Engineering and Technology there are minor corrections to the wording of the types of evidence and assessment descriptions. Students enrolled in Year 12 ATAR courses are required to sit the WACE examination. When sitting an external examination, it is critical that students make a genuine attempt. There have been changes to the examination design briefs in Technologies. Applied Information Technology General section 2, short and extended answers, has been split into two sections but the relative weightings and the number of questions remains unchanged. The description of the stimulus materials, which students can be required to refer to, has been revised to provide clarity.
WACE-2015-16-transcript-technologies.DOCX