SACE Stage 2 Music Explorations flashcards
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- School assessment weighting
- School assessment contributes 70% of the final SACE Stage 2 Music Explorations grade, with the remaining 30% from the external assessment.
- Skills Development component
- A school-assessed component where students document technical exercises, repertoire development, and reflective commentary on musical progress in a folio or journal.
- Creative Works component
- A school-assessed component requiring students to create original works or arrangements, supported by evidence of the creative process and a final product.
- Music in Context component
- A school-assessed investigation of music within cultural, social, or historical contexts, presented in written or multimodal form with supporting evidence.
- Performance standards A-E
- Descriptors used to grade student work across understanding, skills, and application, converted to numerical scores for aggregation in the final subject result.
- Moderation purpose
- External moderation ensures school-assessed grades are comparable across schools, and results may be adjusted to align with statewide standards.
- Evidence retention
- Schools must retain recordings, scores, written commentary, and process documentation to support moderation of school-assessed work.
- Folio documentation
- A collection of student work including technical exercises, reflections, and developmental evidence used to assess skills development over time.
- Reflective commentary
- Written or recorded student reflection explaining creative decisions, technical progress, and learning throughout an assessment task.
- Assessment type weightings
- Within school assessment, Skills Development, Creative Works, and Music in Context are each weighted at specified percentages of the school-assessed portion.
- Negotiated learning agreement
- A document outlining the focus, methodology, and intended outcomes of a student's investigation, agreed with the teacher before work begins.
- Multimodal presentation
- An assessment format combining written, visual, and audio elements to communicate investigation findings or reflective commentary.
- Process evidence
- Documentation such as drafts, recordings, and notes demonstrating the development of a creative or performance work over time.
- Authenticity declaration
- A signed statement confirming that submitted work is the student's own and that all external contributions and sources are acknowledged.
- External assessment weighting
- The external assessment contributes 30% of the final SACE Stage 2 Music Explorations grade and is assessed by external assessors.
- External assessment format
- An externally assessed investigation or portfolio, not a written examination, including a final product and reflective statement.
- Investigation proposal
- A document submitted before commencing the external assessment, outlining the topic, question, methodology, and intended outcomes.
- External assessors
- Assessors outside the school who grade the external assessment against performance standards, ensuring consistency across the state.
- Final product requirement
- The external assessment requires a culminating product such as a performance, composition, or presentation demonstrating musical skills and understanding.
- Reflective statement
- A written or multimodal commentary explaining decisions, learning, and critical reflection on the external investigation process.
- Depth of understanding
- A performance standard descriptor requiring demonstration of substantive knowledge and insight into the chosen exploration topic.
- Application of skills
- A performance standard descriptor requiring effective use of musical, technical, or creative skills in the external assessment product.
- Critical reflection
- The process of analysing and evaluating one's own creative decisions and learning, required in the external assessment commentary.
- Length and time limits
- Specified maximum word counts, performance durations, or presentation times for the external assessment, with penalties for exceeding them.
- Plagiarism declaration
- A required statement confirming original work and acknowledging all sources, collaborations, and external contributions in the submission.
- Portfolio submission
- A collection of evidence including the final product, process documentation, and reflective commentary submitted for external assessment.
- Negotiated topic
- The focus of the external investigation, agreed between student and teacher, ensuring scope and feasibility are appropriate.
- Performance standard descriptors
- A-E descriptors applied by external assessors to judge understanding, skills, and application in the external assessment.
- Process documentation
- Drafts, recordings, notes, and other evidence showing the development of the external assessment product from conception to completion.
- Multimodal submission
- An external assessment format combining written, visual, and audio components to present investigation findings and reflection.
- Score aggregation
- The process of converting A-E grades into numerical scores and combining school and external results for the final subject grade.
- Collaboration acknowledgement
- A required disclosure identifying any collaborators, mentors, or external contributors involved in producing the submitted work.