Marine Science 2013
Work program review checklist — Revised July 2014
Panel code:
A47
Subject code:
047
School:
School code:
District:
Reviewer name:
Date:
6/02/2016
Compiled by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
This form is used by panellists when reviewing work programs. It can also be useful for schools to use as
a checklist to ensure that all work program requirements have been met.
Instructions: Indicate Yes or No to the following statements. If your answer is No, please give specific
examples of the problem in the Comments section.
Course organisation
The course organisation shows:
Yes
No
Comments
 four to eight units of work to be studied over the course of
study
 time allocation (hours) for each unit (Section 3.1.1), with:
 a minimum of 55 hours per semester
 220 hours for a four-semester course of study
 integration of the four areas of study within the course of
study (see Section 3.1.1)
 at least two areas of study evident in each unit of work
 evidence that the three key concepts of each area of study
are covered at least twice prior to verification, once in Year
11 and once in Year 12 (see Section 3.1.1)
 at least one inquiry-based unit per year that investigates a
marine environment, issue or problem (see Section 3.1.3).
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Outline of intended student learning
The scope and depth of the student learning experiences
in two sample units of work is demonstrated in:
Yes
No
Comments
 one sample unit of work encompassing at least two areas
of study and outlining the key concepts to be covered. The
sample unit of work should:
 integrate all three dimensions
 include at least two areas of study
 outline the key concepts identified in the course of study
 demonstrate the dimensions and objectives, through the
learning experiences.
Assessment plan
The assessment plan indicates:
Yes
No
Comments
 the assessment instruments that students will undertake
throughout the course using the terminology of the
syllabus
 assessment conditions that are consistent with the
syllabus (Section 4.5)
 the dimensions to be assessed in each assessment
technique (Section 2)
 formative and summative assessment
 students should have opportunities to become familiar
with assessment techniques that will be used to make
summative judgments (Section 4.2)
 at least two dimensions will be assessed in each
assessment instrument (Section 4.6)
 verification folio requirements are met (Section 4.6).
Each folio must include:
 a minimum of four and a maximum of six assessment
instruments from Year 12 only
 evidence of each instrument assessing at least two
dimensions with each dimension being assessed at
least three times by the time of verification
 one extended marine investigation or action research
that assesses all three dimensions (Section 4.5.3)
 one supervised extended response test
(Section 4.5.4)
 one post-verification assessment instrument that
assesses all three dimensions
 a student profile (Section 4.6) that:
 is consistent with the assessment plan
 indicates whether assessment is formative or
summative
 shows the assessment techniques
 records the standard achieved for each dimension for
each assessment instrument
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Work program review checklist — Revised
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July 2014
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 presents the interim standard awarded for each
dimension and the interim level of achievement at
monitoring and verification
 records the overall standard awarded for each
dimension and the level of achievement at exit.
Additional comments
Recommendation for approval
Approved
Not approved
Action to be taken:
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July 2014
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