AS 91292 annotated exemplars

This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars are extracts of student evidence, with commentary, that explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.

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For Excellence, the student needs to demonstrate comprehensive understanding of how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves evaluating how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial plant production in New Zealand. It may involve justifying, comparing and contrasting and analysing management practices and their impact on quantity, quality, timing, and the economics of production.

The student justifies the use of thinning, with varying detail, based on the requirements of the overseas market, without which the apple industry would struggle to exist in any sustainable manner, in terms of quantity (1), quality (2), timing (3) and the economics of production (4). 

For a more secure Excellence, the student could provide more extensive comparison and detail using the terms of quality, quantity, timing and the economics of production.  

For Merit, the student needs to demonstrate in-depth understanding of how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves explaining how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial plant production in New Zealand.

The student explains how one management practice, site establishment, influences apple tree growth and development through topography (1), soil type (2), soil fertility and  nutrition (3), climate (4), and planting considerations (5). These have all been related to plant structural features and function and/or horticultural science concepts.

To reach Excellence, the student could either compare and contrast two management practices or justify their decision on utilising site establishment, on the growth and development of apples as a commercial production.

For Merit, the student needs to demonstrate in-depth understanding of how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves explaining how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial plant production in New Zealand.

The student explains generically how one management practice, provision of shelter, influences tree growth and development (1). These have all been briefly related to plant structural features and function and/or horticultural science concepts (2).

For a secure Merit, the student could provide a more detailed explanation of how shelter affects the growth and development of apples such as the process of establishing and maintaining effective shelter.  More reference could be included about the use of deciduous shelter, its height, porosity etc, important factors in effectiveness over time, pests and disease and maintenance in an apple orchard.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves describing how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial plant production in New Zealand.

The student outlines the management practice of site establishment and breaks it down into its various components such as climate (1), topography (2), and water availability (3); and describes how these influence apple growth and development (4). 

To reach Merit, the student could explain how site establishment influences growth and development of apples ensuring linking between sunshine hours, temperature and water.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves describing how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial plant production in New Zealand.

The student describes the management practice of site establishment in terms of climate (1), topography (2) and soil type (3) on apple orchard plant growth and development.

For a more secure Achieved, the student could provide more detailed descriptions of the factors influencing site selection when establishing an apple orchard, as the section on soil type loses its focus on apples and could apply to many crops (4). 

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves describing how management practices influence plant growth and development in commercial plant production in New Zealand.

The student briefly describes pests and diseases in a generic manner with minimal links made to apples (1). The evidence makes reference to pheromone traps used in orchards to monitor pests (2) but the details of ensuing actions are limited.

To reach Achieved, the student could describe more specifically how pests and diseases affect apples, the problems they create and the management practices used to eliminate them (3).