AS 91295 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 interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves evaluating the interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand. This eveluation involves comparing and contrasting or justifying the use of these management practices in response to livestock behaviours. Management practices refer to actions taken that impact on the quantity, quality, genetic potential, timing, and the economics of production.

The student compares and contrasts the two management practices of splitting a larger herd into two smaller herds and the farmer herding the stock quietly (1), and also justifies their decision (2) using impact on the quantity (3), quality (4), and the economics of production (5). The student briefly justifies genetic potential and timing (6).

For a more secure Excellence, the student could provide a more extensive comparison using genetic potential and timing.

For Merit, the student needs to demonstrate in-depth understanding of interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves explaining the interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand. This explanation  involves how management practices take account of livestock behaviours, and how livestock respond to different management practices.

The student explains how the management practices of splitting a larger herd into two smaller herds (1), and herding the stock quietly (2), take account of livestock behaviours (3), and how livestock respond to these different management practices (4).

To reach Excellence, the student could either compare and contrast the two management practices or justify their decision on utilising one of the management practices using actions that impact on the quantity, quality, genetic potential, timing, and economics of production.

For Merit, the student needs to demonstrate in-depth understanding of interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves explaining the interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand. This explanation involves how management practices take account of livestock behaviours, and how livestock respond to different management practices.

The student explains how the management practices of splitting a larger herd into two smaller herds, and herding the stock quietly, take account of livestock behaviours (1) and briefly outlines how livestock respond to these different management practices (2).  

For a secure Merit, the student could provide a more detailed explanation of how the livestock have responded to the implementation of these different management practices.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves describing the interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand. This description  involves how management practices take account of livestock behaviours, and how livestock respond to different management practices.

The student describes how two management practices, splitting a larger herd into two smaller herds, and herding the stock quietly, take account of two livestock behaviours (1), and how livestock respond to these different management practices (2).

To reach Merit, the student could explain how management practices take account of two livestock behaviours, and how livestock respond to these different management practices.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves describing the interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand. This description  involves how management practices take account of livestock behaviours, and how livestock respond to different management practices.

The student describes how two management practices, splitting a larger herd into two smaller herds, and herding the stock quietly, take account of two livestock behaviours (1), and how livestock respond to these different management practices (2).

For a more secure Achieved, the student could provide a more detailed description of how livestock respond to these two different management practices.

For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand.

This involves describing the interactions between livestock behaviour and management practices in commercial production in New Zealand. This description involves how management practices take account of livestock behaviours, and how livestock respond to different management practices.

The student describes how one management practice, splitting a larger herd into two smaller herds, takes account of one livestock behaviour (1) ,and how livestock respond to this different management practice (2).

To reach Achieved, the student could describe another livestock behaviour and how the livestock respond to that management practice. The student also should describe how another management practice takes account of livestock behaviours and how livestock respond to this different management practice.