<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Dear Leanne,</span><div><font face="Arial"><br></font>
<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">I would like to add another voice to Melissa’s recommendations. I too believe that the weighting of the assessment criteria does not accurately reflect the scope of work involved at each stage of the Product design process as undertaken by each student. It would be much more logical if the assessment criteria would better reflect the steps of Pdp and provide for a higher weighting to the manufactured product. Clearly the VCAA does not have a problem with making changes during the non review period. The SAT assessment is flawed and should be reviewed before the next assessment period.</span><br>
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<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Further to Melissa’s recommendations, I still find it bewildering that students design capabilities are ultimately being re-assessed within the frustrating, unrealistic time constraints of the examination. The examination requires such a high volume of written responses on top of the design task which requires extensive annotations. When students have been encouraged to deliberate and refine during each stage of the Pdp throughout Units 3&4, it seems inequitable to have the common design task potentially compromise a student's SAT grades and the considered opinion of their teacher’s assessments.</span><br>
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<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial">Thanks for you consideration,</span> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></b></font></i></div><div><i><b><font face="garamond, serif">Lisa Walsh</font></b></i></div><div><font face="garamond, serif">Design & Technology</font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif">Avila College</font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif"><img src="http://teresa.avila.vic.edu.au/signature/Avila_signature.jpg"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></b></font></i></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 November 2014 21:16, Treverton, Melissa J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:treverton.melissa.j@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">treverton.melissa.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Leanne,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to raise some issues I have found with the SAT criteria this year.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Firstly I would like to say the 10 marks per criteria was much easier to use and allowed for clearer differentiation between students.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, the actual content the criteria cover do not align seamlessly with the Product Design Process. This process is a core element of the course, I now introduce this process from Yr 10 and in a modified from in the junior years.
It is a clear process for the students to follow and helped them see the sequencing of tasks and how each directly impacts each other.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe there should be 11 assessment criteria to reflect the 11 stages. As the criteria stand there is an uneven quantity and depth of work required for each criteria, yet they are all of equal value.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If each of the eleven steps was given equal weighting then I believe this would create a fairer system.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I also believe having one criteria dedicated to just the finished product; quality, function, innovation; would be a fair reflection on the amount of time required for production. These are high school students who are learning as they
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</span></span></i></b><span style="color:#211e1f;letter-spacing:.05pt"> The written elements often disadvantage students who are highly skilled with tools, processes and project management but struggle with written language, therefore we are valuing one type
of intelligence more highly than another.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#211e1f;letter-spacing:.05pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#211e1f;letter-spacing:.05pt">Kind Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#211e1f;letter-spacing:.05pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Melissa Treverton
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1f497d">Technology Domain Leader<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
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