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Aboriginal Studies 2015 HSC Exam Pack NSW Education Standards

The document provides the 2015 HSC exam pack for Aboriginal Studies, including the exam paper, marking guidelines, and marker notes. The marking guidelines show the criteria and marks for each exam question. The marker notes summarize how students performed in different exam sections and questions. Students showed strength in understanding course concepts and integrating sources. Areas for improvement included explaining events' effects and correctly using terminology. The notes provide feedback to help students prepare for future exams.

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Aboriginal Studies 2015 HSC Exam Pack NSW Education Standards

The document provides the 2015 HSC exam pack for Aboriginal Studies, including the exam paper, marking guidelines, and marker notes. The marking guidelines show the criteria and marks for each exam question. The marker notes summarize how students performed in different exam sections and questions. Students showed strength in understanding course concepts and integrating sources. Areas for improvement included explaining events' effects and correctly using terminology. The notes provide feedback to help students prepare for future exams.

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Aboriginal Studies 2015 HSC exam pack

Marking guidelines are developed with the examination paper and are used by markers to guide their marking of a student's response. The table shows each question and
the criteria with each mark or mark range. Sample answers may also be developed and included in the guidelines to make sure questions assess a student's knowledge and
skills, and guide the Supervisor of Marking on the expected nature and scope of a student's response. They are not intended to be exemplary or even complete answers or
responses.

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HSC Marking Feedback


Select from the link(s) below to view feedback about how students performed in this year’s examination.

Use the feedback to guide preparation for future examinations. Feedback includes an overview of the qualities of better responses. Feedback may not be provided for every question.

Course Specific Marker Notes

Section I – Social Justice and Human Rights Issues

Part A – A Global Perspective

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

understanding key course issues and concepts


integrating sources effectively into responses
understanding Aboriginal initiatives and strategies.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

explaining the effect of particular events on the status of Aboriginal peoples


identifying the effect of government intervention
referring to Aboriginal peoples correctly
understanding the importance of education in addressing social justice issues.

Part B – A Comparative Study

Questions 11 to 16

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

identifying the main issues that affect Aboriginal peoples


demonstrating knowledge and understanding of programs and initiatives used by Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples
assessing the effectiveness of particular programs.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

referencing Australian and international Indigenous communities appropriately


analysing or referencing Aboriginal/Indigenous programs and/or the communities
using appropriate terminology such as, Aborigines/clans/nations
making specific reference to an Aboriginal community.

Part C – Global Perspective and Comparative Study

Question 17

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

making reference to two communities and two of the topics


recognising the effect of socioeconomic status on disadvantage and having a clear understanding of the term ‘racism’.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

correctly naming an Australian Aboriginal community


linking issues in the topics to the two communities
correct use of terminology
ensuring that the focus is post-1960 (note: the HSC course focuses on legislation, policy, legal decisions and current events from the 1960s)
avoiding a narrative approach
using evidence to support a response rather than making generalisations.

Section II
Question 18 – Research and Inquiry Methods

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

identifying different types of traditional Aboriginal knowledge


identifying research methodologies
demonstrating understanding of the need to respect Aboriginal cultural knowledge when conducting research and acquiring information.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

differentiating between methodologies and traditional Aboriginal knowledge


linking cultural knowledge to aspects of research.

Section III
Question 19 – Aboriginality and the Land and Question 20 – Heritage and Identity

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

referring to the sources and linking the sources to the key elements of the question
explaining the importance of land and water rights.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

providing an explanation rather than a narrative


ensuring that if they refer to more than one community, they do so without reducing the depth of the response
ensuring that the focus is post-1960
providing examples of the importance of Land Rights events and recognition of heritage and identity to Aboriginal communities
assessing/analysing where required
integrating the source into their answer
referring to specific communities rather than just Aboriginal Australians
avoiding general statements about ways Aboriginal people express their heritage and identity
providing specific examples
using the correct source for the question.

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