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• General Information
• Task Stimulus Materials
• Primary School Tasks
• Secondary School Tasks 

  Yurton Graphics, Year 10 (Task 1)

• Making Consistent Judgements
• Costs
• Ordering Assessment Materials

General Information

The MSE Technology and Enterprise School Assessment Materials consist of 9 tasks designed for Year 3, Year 7 or Year 10 students.

All tasks address the Technology Process learning outcomes through one or more of the Materials, Systems or Information strands. The outcomes of these strands are also addressed in the assessment tasks.

Before conducting assessments, teachers should leave themselves enough time to read the relevant teachers manual to become familiar with the standardized administration procedures and assessment requirements.

The tasks are based on the learning contexts that are most common in the WA government school system.

Task Stimulus Materials

All tasks require prescribed stimulus materials. For some tasks, schools are required to provide these materials. For other tasks, teachers or their assistants prepare materials using templates and/or instructions that come in the assessment package. For details, read the instructions in Teacher's Manual before proceeding with the assessments.

For some tasks, class sets of coloured and/or black and white stimulus sheets are provided by MSE. Schools should keep the sheets for use with other classes and for future assessments.

Stimulus materials, as well as the Teachers Manuals, are the property of schools. Teachers and administrators should ensure that they are kept in a safe place for future assessments.

Primary School Tasks

Materials Strand
Year 3: Money Holder (fabric)
This task requires students to make a Money Holder to keep money safe. Students also have a booklet in which they answer questions. To assist students in this, they should be provided with material samples. Details are in the Primary Teachers Manual.
For more information, click on T and E Year 3 Assessment Tasks

Year 7: Give Gifts Again (rigid materials)
This task requires students to use a postpak or a cardboard box to make a product for Give Again Gifts, a shop that specialises in reusing and recycling materials. This task has a colour magazine, which provides the design context. Students also have a booklet in which they answer questions.
For more information, click on T and E Year 7 Assessment Tasks

Year 7: Canteen Fruit Promotion (food)
This task requires students to make one serving of a fruit product for the canteen, to encourage more students to eat fruit. The task has a stimulus sheet about fruit, which provides the design context for students. Students also have a booklet in which they answer questions. For more information, click on T and E Year 7 Assessment Tasks

Information and Systems Strands
Year 3: Action Board
This task requires students to make one action for an action board that would be suitable for pre-primary school students. A What Goes With What? action board is provided to demonstrate some different types of actions. Students also have a booklet in which they answer questions. To assist students to answer these questions they require material samples. For more information, click on T and E Year 3 Assessment Tasks

Year 7: Pop-up Card
This task requires students to make a Pop-up card for any occasion or purpose. Samples of Pop-up cards are supplied. Students also have a booklet in which they answer questions. One component of the card is created using the computer.
For more information, click on T and E Year 7 Assessment Tasks

Secondary School Tasks

Technology and Enterprise Learning Area staff may review the information on the primary school tasks, as it is appropriate to consider the use of the Year 7 assessment tasks with lower secondary school students. For this reason, instructions for administering the Year 7 assessments have been included in the Secondary Teachers Manuals.

Design and Technology Context
Note: The Design and Technology Teachers Manual contains instructions for the Year 7 task Give Gifts Again and the Year 10 task Yurton Souvenir.

Year 10: Yurton Souvenir (Materials strand: wood or metal)
This task, administrated with a class group, requires students to work either with wood or metal to make a prototype of a souvenir. A newsletter, which provides the design context for students, is provided and students have a booklet in which they answer questions. To assist students to answer these questions, a material sample sheet (about selected woods, metals and finishes) is supplied for each student. Students also require material samples.

A prototype for this activity refers to a fully-working version of a product made to resemble as closely as possible the design and construction techniques intended for manufacture. Therefore, it is as close to the finished product as possible. Students are not required to apply finishes (eg paint) to their prototype.
For more information, click on T and E Year 10 Assessment Tasks

Home Economics Context
Note: The Home Economics Teachers Manual contains instructions for the Year 7 task Canteen Fruit Promotion and the Year 10 task Tomato Product.

Year 10: Tomato Product (Materials strand: food)
This task requires students to work with tomatoes to make a product for the Great Yurton Tomato Competition. This task has a colour A3 broadsheet, which provides the design context for students, and students have a booklet in which they answer questions.
For more information, click on T and E Year 10 Assessment Tasks

Information Technology Context
Note: The Information Technology Teachers Manual contains instructions for the Year 7 task Pop-up Card and the Year 10 tasks, Coin Collector's Database and Yurton Promotional Advertisement.

Year 10: Coin Collector's Database (Information and Systems strands)
This task, administrated with a class group, requires students to create a database on a computer for a coin collectors' club. A newsletter produced by Terrace Coins provides a context for the design situation. Terrace Coins is a company that sells coins and supports interest in coins and coin collecting. At present, the company uses a card system to store customer information; students are asked to improve the system.

Students answer questions in an answer booklet. Students may select the software they would like to use to complete the database; some parameters are provided in the answer booklet. For more information, click on T and E Year 10 Assessment Tasks

Year 10: Yurton Promotional Advertisement (Information strand)
This task, administrated with a class group, requires students to use a computer to make a promotional advertisement for a town called Yurton for their Back-to-Yurton Celebrations. The 4-page newsletter provides a context for the design situation. Students answer questions in an answer booklet and are provided with some graphics. Students may select the software they would like to use to complete the advertisement; some parameters are provided in the answer booklet.
For more information, click on T and E Year 10 Assessment Tasks

Making Consistent Judgements

Using MSE T&E Work Samples to Make Consistent Judgements

This link shows you how to make consistent judgements about the products your students have made during the MSE T&E assessment tasks.
Before marking the products, you should complete the product marker training for the appropriate product.

After you have completed the training, you can transfer your knowledge of product marking to other tasks your students might complete.

Costs

The MSE assessment materials are intended for school use only. They are provided as a service, free of charge, to WA Government schools. Costs, including postage costs, for educational institutions other than Western Australian government schools will be applied.

Invoices will be sent under separate cover. WA Government schools will NOT be invoiced.

For WA Government schools, there is a limit of one of each type of teachers manual and one of each set of stimulus materials. Additional quantities for these schools will be charged as per the rate for non-government institutions. Student answer booklet and print stimulus material are supplied on a needs basis. Repeat orders of student booklets are not charged.

All assessment material is the property of schools. Teachers and administrators should ensure that it is kept in a safe place for future assessments.

For all assessments, costs are as follows:

• Teachers manual and templates: $35.00 ea
• Teacher resource (Action Board, Pop-up Cards): $5.00 per resource
• Class sets of stimulus sheets: $5.00 per set
• Student Booklets: $0.60 ea