General Feedback
Students should:
- draw upon a variety of innovations, inclusive of their case study, to support their answers
- engage with the stimulus material , where provided, to provide greater depth and breadth in their response(s)
- allow sufficient time to review their responses to ensure that all elements of the question(s) have been addressed
- continue to build upon their understanding of the key words ‘explain’ and ‘analyse’ to provide greater depth and breadth to their response(s).
Students should expect:
- questions to cover a broad scope of course outcomes
- questions that vary in their degree of difficulty
- to draw upon a variety of their learning experiences to support their answers.
Students can prepare for this examination
by:
- using past HSC exam papers and their marking guidelines to practise responses
- keeping current with new and innovative product releases that could be used to support and/or frame their responses
- reviewing their case studies and applying their knowledge to a variety of practice questions.
Student Strengths
Section II
Question 11
In better responses, students were able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of what may contribute to successful innovation.
Question 12
In better responses, students were able to:
- express how technology can be used to enhance communication
- demonstrate an understanding that design is often a collaborative process.
Question 13
In better responses, students were able to:
- use more than one example of sustainable materials to support their response.
Question 14
In better responses, students were able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the constant need for design development
- demonstrate an understanding of the economic drive that is behind design improvement
- demonstrate their understanding of how societal needs and wants may change within a short period of time and how this stimulates the need to improve upon current designs.
Section III
In better responses, students were able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of some legal aspects associated with the development of innovative products
- use the stimulus material to support/frame their responses
- articulate that the consideration of safety factors are both a legal and ethical responsibility of designers
- demonstrate an understanding that society’s increasing concern with the environment is resulting in designers becoming more aware of their ethical and legal responsibilities towards both the current and future generations
- demonstrate an understanding of concerns regarding safety and privacy in contemporary society.
