Visiting Vines - Level 6 Sample Unit

Assessment

The Victorian Essential Learning Standards support a combination of assessment practices:

Assessment of learning (summative)
Assessment for learning (formative)
Assessment as learning (formative).

The assessment tasks in this unit focus on collection of evidence of student learning for summative purposes. Some components could also be used to support assessment for learning and assessment as learning.

Assessment guide

When assessing student achievement, assessment criteria can be developed from relevant standards and associated tasks or activity. The table below shows the assessment criteria related to the assessment task/s and relevant Standards and the expected evidence to be used as the basis for assessment.

The table can also be used to assist teachers to make judgments about whether students are working at the standard (achieved the Standard), progressing towards the standard (have not met expectations of the Standard) or progressing beyond the Standard (have exceeded expectations of the Standard) for specific assessment criteria. It is provided as a guide only and may be adapted or modified to suit particular classrooms and/or student reporting.

See the Teaching, learning and assessment advice for advice on developing rubrics.

Assessment Task: Visiting vines

Evidence	Element of the Standard	Assessment criteria	Progressing towards the Standard	At the Standard	Progressing beyond the Standard
Personal Learning – The individual learner
Personal Learning (Activity 1-3) Student reflective diary. (Activities 1-4)	… monitor and reflect on and discuss their progress as autonomous learners, identifying areas for improvement in their learning….relationships …	Ability to reflect on own learning identifying areas for improvement.	Beginning to record learning experiences.	Maintain a comprehensive learning journal describing learning progress and areas for improvement.	Critically reflect on and modify plans.
Mathematics – Number, Space, Measurement, chance and data, Structure, Working mathematically
Numbers	… carry out arithmetic computations … … use appropriate estimates to evaluate the reasonableness of the results of calculations involving rational and irrational numbers, and the decimal approximations for them. … carry out computations to a required accuracy in terms of decimal places and/or significant figures.	Ability to add, merge or delete cells as required carry out calculations be required accuracy and provide a suitable estimate.	Check calculation to see if there are reasonable.	Carry out calculations for area of a vineyard and compare with group estimates. Aware of the level of accuracy in calculations and the assumptions made in order to make a problem manageable.	Able to discuss the conflict that exists between creating a manageable model and the error associated with the model.
Space	… recognise and describe boundaries, surfaces and interiors of common plane and three-dimensional shapes, including cylinders, spheres, cones, prisms and polyhedra. Use the conditions for shapes to be..similar	Describe interior, boundary and surface of two- and three-dimensions shape as applicable.	Recognizes boundaries of two and three dimensional shapes.	Recognizes quadrilateral shapes. Calculate area of quadrilaterals where appropriate with the aid of technology.	Calculates exact values for dilation and translation and verifies by using graphing technology.
Measurement, chance and data	… estimate and measure length, area, surface area, mass, volume, capacity and angle. … select and use appropriate units, converting between units as required. … calculate constant rates … use … trigonometric ratios … … calculate summary statistics for centrality … spread … and association …	Estimate and measure a range of quantities and comment between units.	Estimate measure associate with 3 dimension objects.	Apply rates such as paces per 100m to estimation of distance. Use consistent units in calculation and converts to appropriate units for reporting results. Display data as ordered stemplot, determine quartiles and median and use boxplot ot illustrate relationship between median, quartiles and interquartile range. Use of technology to compute standard deviation.	Relate mean and standard deviation to 95% probability interval.
Structure	… form and test mathematical conjectures; for example, ‘What relationship holds between the lengths of the three sides of a triangle?’ … identify and represent linear, quadratic and exponential functions by table, rule and graph (all four quadrants of the cartesian coordinate system) ... … use and interpret the functions in modelling a range of contexts …	Describe possible notations and models them using functions.	Vertically describe relations.	Create a graph for converting between pace, length and distance.	Describes relation using function rule with consideration of domain.
Working mathematically	choose, use and develop mathematical models and procedures to investigate and solve problems set in a wide range of practical, theoretical and historical contexts ... … select and use technology in various combinations to assist in mathematical inquiry, to manipulate and represent data, to analyse functions and carry out symbolic manipulation.	Selects and uses a suitable model.	Restricted to solving relatively routine examples. Thinks creatively but restricted in ability to translate ideas into actions.	Works creatively in transferring ideas into action and produces innovative solutions.	Consider alternative models & discussion strength & limitations.