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Digital Technologies
Stage 2
Subject outline
Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in November 2016 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2019.
Accredited in November 2016 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2019.
Stage 2 | Subject outline | Assessment design criteria
Assessment design criteria
The assessment design criteria are based on the learning requirements and are used by:
- teachers to clarify for students what they need to learn
- teachers and assessors to design opportunities for students to provide evidence of their learning at the highest possible level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria consist of specific features that:
- students should demonstrate in their learning
- teachers and assessors look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject the assessment design criteria are:
- computational thinking
- development and evaluation
- research and ethics.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
The set of assessments, as a whole, must give students opportunities to demonstrate each of the specific features by the completion of study of the subject.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
Computational Thinking
The specific features are as follows:
| CT1 | Application of computational thinking concepts and techniques to identify and deconstruct problems of interest. |
| CT2 | Use of abstraction to identify core concepts and ideas. |
| CT3 | Analysis of relationships in data sets to draw conclusions and make predictions. |
| CT4 | Application of skills and processes to develop solutions to problems of interest. |
Development and Evaluation
The specific features are as follows:
| DE1 | Design and creation of digital solutions or a prototype. |
| DE2 | Application of iterative development, testing, modification, and documentation of a digital solution or prototype. |
| DE3 | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a digital solution or prototype. |
| DE4 | Explanation, with supporting evidence, of own role in and contribution to projects. |
Research and Ethics
The specific feature is as follows:
| RE1 | Research into and discussion of the ethical considerations in digital technologies. |