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QCAA# 141002
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Study of Society
Assessment instrument: Extended response
Context
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Task
Dimensions to be assessed
This assessment technique is best used to determine student achievement in objectives from the dimensions:
 Knowledge and understanding
 Critical processes
 Communication.
This technique assesses the sustained application of higher-order cognition (analysis, synthesis and evaluation) to
known and provided materials, stimuli and concepts.
The extended response to a situation requires analysis, synthesis and evaluation of data and information. The
response may involve:
 solving a problem
 expressing and justifying a point of view
 explaining and evaluating an issue
 applying concepts or theories to a situation.
Research is not the focus of this technique.
This assessment may occur over a period of time, in class, and possibly in students’ own time.
Written extended response
 May include an essay, magazine article, editorial, paper, critique, review, persuasive essay, argumentative essay
or informative text.
 Response may be supported by references or, where appropriate, tables of data, diagrams and flow charts.
Spoken extended response
 May include interviews, debates, webcasts, podcasts, and seminar presentations.
Multimodal extended response
 May include presentations, conferences, and digital presentations.
Assessment conditions: Extended response — Year 11
Response length:
 written
600–1000 words
 spoken
3–4 minutes
 multimodal
3–5 minutes
Assessment conditions: Extended response — Year 12
Response length:
 written
800–1200 words
 spoken
4–5 minutes
 multimodal
5–7 minutes
Authentication of responses
 Management of the extended response should be mostly the responsibility of the student. Supervision by the
teacher may be necessary at times.
 Implement strategies to promote the authenticity of student work, e.g. teachers seeing plans and/or drafts,
collection of student work during writing process, teacher checklists.
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Instrument-specific standards matrix
Communication
Critical processes
Knowledge and understanding
Standard A
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Standard B
Standard C
Standard D
Standard E
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
 accurate and detailed descriptions
and use of a wide range of
terminology and factual
information
 accurate descriptions and use
of a range of terminology and
factual information
 descriptions and use of
terminology and factual
information
 descriptions and use of some
terminology and factual
information
 simple descriptions of some
terminology and factual
information
 accurate and thorough
explanations of complex ideas and
theories
 accurate explanations of some
complex ideas and theories
 explanations of ideas and
theories
 simple explanations of
aspects of ideas and theories
 superficial or inconsistent
explanations of aspects of ideas
or theories
 accurate and detailed descriptions
of the complex relationships
between facts, ideas and theories.
 accurate descriptions of the
relevant connections between
facts, ideas and theories.
 descriptions of the
connections between facts,
ideas and theories.
 simple descriptions of some
connections between facts,
ideas or aspects of theories.
 superficial descriptions of some
connections between facts, ideas
or aspects of theories.
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
 accurate interpretation and
discerning analysis of data,
information, ideas, theories and
issues and the relationships
between these
 accurate interpretation and
analysis of data, information,
ideas, theories and issues and
the relationships between
these
 interpretation and analysis of
data, information, ideas,
theories and issues and some
of the relationships between
these
 some interpretation and
analysis of data, information,
ideas, theories and issues
 simple interpretation of aspects
of data, information, ideas,
theories and issues
 discerning evaluation of complex
data and information
 evaluation of complex data
and information
 some evaluation of data and
information
 simple evaluation of data and
information
 simple evaluation of aspects of
data or information
 convincing justification of
decisions and judgments using
significant evidence, effective
argument and thorough
discussion.
 effective justification of
 appropriate justification of
decisions and judgments using
decisions and judgments
relevant evidence, argument
using evidence, argument
and discussion.
and discussion.
 simple justification of
decisions and judgments
using variable evidence,
simple argument or
discussion.
 superficial justification of
decisions and judgments using
variable and incomplete
evidence, argument or
discussion.
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
 discerning selection and
organisation, accurate recording
and insightful presentation of data
and information from a variety of
significant sources
 effective selection and
organisation, accurate
recording and presentation of
data and information from a
variety of sources
 appropriate selection,
organisation, recording and
presentation of data and
information from sources
 some selection, organisation,
recording and presentation of
data and information from
sources
 selection, organisation, recording
or presentation of aspects of
data or information
 discerning use of mode, genre and
language conventions that
communicates complex meaning
and insightfully achieves particular
purposes.
 effective use of mode, genre
and language conventions that
communicates complex
meaning and achieves
particular purposes.
 appropriate use of mode,
genre and language
conventions that
communicates meaning and
achieves particular purposes.
 use of mode, genre and
language conventions that
communicates some meaning
and achieves basic purposes.
 inconsistent use of mode, genre
and language conventions that
communicates some meaning.