AS 92009 Annotated exemplars

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

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For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of decision-making in a health-related situation.

This involves describing factors relevant to the decision-making situation and the possible consequences, and proposing a decision in response to the situation in relation to hauora, with reference to the factors and anticipated consequences.

The chosen scenario poses a health-related dilemma for an individual and requires a decision to be made that affects wellbeing. 

This student has demonstrated understanding of decision-making in a health-related situation by describing factors and possible consequences relevant to a teenager’s decision to send a nude picture or not. The decision-making context is clearly grounded in the Relationships and Sexuality Education Key Area of Learning and multiple influences and potential outcomes of the situation are considered.

The student evidence describes a proposed decision in response to the situation (i.e. choosing not to send the picture), with reference to the factors and potential impacts of the decision in relation to aspects of hauora. 

For Merit, the standard requires explanation of why the factors and consequences are significant to the proposed decision, and how these interrelate. For example, the student could explain how personal knowledge coupled with fear of the potential consequences, such as the mental and emotional and social repercussions of a nude being leaked, might collectively contribute to the teenager’s choice not to send a nude image.

For Merit, the student needs to explain decision-making in a health-related situation.
 
This involves discussing the significance of the factors and anticipated consequences relevant to the situation and explaining how these interrelate to influence the proposed decision, in relation to hauora.
 
The chosen scenario poses a health-related dilemma for an individual and requires a decision to be made that affects wellbeing. 
 
This student has identified and discussed factors and potential consequences relevant to the decision-making situation. The influencing factors and potential outcomes are explained in terms of their significance (i.e. the importance of friendships), with reference to aspects of hauora, and the student evidence explains how these interrelate to inform the proposed decision in response to the situation. 

The situation has a clear relational focus and is grounded in the Relationships and Sexuality Education Key Area of Learning. Although the decision-making scenario focuses on dietary aspects, a deeper understanding of Food and Nutrition concepts is needed to ground the situation in this Key Area of Learning.
 
For Excellence, the standard requires further evidence of evaluation and drawing conclusions about the significance of the decision-making in response to the health-related situation. For instance, the evidence could have considered the potential long-term or broader impacts of the decision when suggesting a course of action, such as how the decision (and actions) proposed could influence Kalani's emotional wellbeing and resilience in future situations, where acting according to her values might risk positive relationships with others.

For Excellence, the student needs to evaluate decision-making in a health-related situation.

This involves drawing conclusions about the significance of the decision-making in response to the health-related situation, in relation to hauora.

The chosen scenario poses a health-related dilemma for an individual and requires a decision to be made that affects wellbeing. 

This student has discussed factors and possible consequences relevant to the situation (i.e. a teenager’s decision to send a nude picture). The influencing factors and potential outcomes show an understanding of the socio-ecological perspective and are explained in terms of their significance to the decision-making process. The decision-making context is clearly grounded in the Relationships and Sexuality Education Key Area of Learning, with subject specific knowledge shown.

The student evidence considers multiple influences and potential outcomes of the situation and explains how these interrelate to inform the proposed decision in response to the situation (i.e. not to send a nude picture). A conclusion is drawn based on the discussion of the relevant factors and anticipated consequences, in relation to aspects of hauora.

To further enhance their evidence, the student could have drawn on societal factors within the conclusion. For example, discussing the legal implications of sending a nude and how/why the influence and potential consequences associated with this might also have contributed to an informed final decision.