2017 Investigation
External Assessment
30% weighting
30% weighting
From end of Term 2 letter
SACE Board Instructions (from the Subject Outline) Students undertake one independent, focused investigation of a negotiated contemporary social or cultural issue in a local and/or global context and present their findings in a written report. The written report should be ... a maximum of 2000 words for a 20-credit subject. Students must acknowledge sources appropriately. The negotiated contemporary social or cultural issue may be derived from a topic in this subject outline or may be linked to a student’s personal interest. It is essential that the issue or topic has a clearly defined focus on an aspect of or issue related to a contemporary society or culture. Students are encouraged to identify and analyse primary, as well as secondary, sources of information in gathering evidence about the issue. To help in the verification of their work, students should keep a folio of support materials and documents that outline the processes of preliminary data collection. The folio is not submitted for assessment. Students may use or adapt the following format to guide their learning. Introduction This may include:
Body This comprises the analysis and synthesis, including, for example:
Conclusion This comprises comments on the significance of the main findings, such as:
The following specific features of the assessment design criteria for this subject are assessed in the investigation:
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Key Dates
Term 2 Introduction to the Investigation - Friday week 9 1:1 meetings to negotiate topic and focus question - week 10 and holiday workshop (Wed week 1) Term 3 Checkpoint 1 - Wednesday week 2 Checkpoint 2 - Friday week 3 Checkpoint 3 - Monday week 5 Checkpoint 4 - Friday week 6 Deadline 1 - Friday week 7 FINAL DRAFT DUE Deadline 2 - Friday week 8 FINAL VERSION DUE Important Downloads
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Formatting Checklist
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