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Additional Information

Guidelines for marking

The following guidelines for marking show one approach to assigning a value to a student’s work. Other approaches may be used that better suit the reporting process of the school. Categories, marks, grades, visual representations or individual comments/notations may all be useful.

Range

Students in this range:

High

  • correctly calculate the cost per kilometre, or the number of kilometres per dollar, for each trip and identifies Perth as the best value fare
  • clearly describe the relationship between fare and distance, making an appropriate prediction for the airfare to Townsville

Satisfactory

  • correctly calculate the cost per kilometre, or the number of kilometres per dollar, for each trip
  • describe the relationship between fare and distance by using a specific example

Progressing

  • correctly calculate the cost per kilometre, or the number of kilometres per dollar, for at least one trip.

Feedback

Students will receive:

  • possible prompt questions related to the assessment Activity to assist their engagement
  • written feedback on individual responses in relation to relevant number concepts and appropriateness of explanations given
  • specific advice about strategies to further consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding, and suggestions for completing related additional tasks
  • oral feedback (to the class and individuals) related to the overall understanding of the concepts and misconceptions about the mathematical ideas.
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