Incorrect information on TKI

[Kerry Parker]

Kia ora tatou

It was great to meet with so many great physics teachers at SciCon.
There was quite a bit of discussion about the new NCEA level 1 standards and I have just found a couple of glitches in the information on TKI.  I have alerted the people at the Ministry, but had no response yet.  I thought that you good people should know about them, to save you wasting the time. One or two of you might even have the correct information.

The issues are:

1.       The Conditions of Assessment have disappeared!  The only CoA on TKI is for business studies level 1.  At SciCon teachers were reminded to look carefully at the CoA in designing their programmes and assessments.  You won't find them on TKI right now.

2.       The physics rationale, (22 dec 09)  says "AS P1.1           Carry out a practical physics investigation, with direction, that leads to a linear relationship
Removal of "linear relationship" from the title to be consistent with the other sciences". The standard in the 30May10 versions says Carry out a practical investigation, with direction, that leads to a linear mathematical relationship.  Can we assume that the latest information is right?

3.       Draft level 2 standards on TKI (in all the sciences) are still the Sept 09  versions.   These have been changed quite a bit - the Earth and Space Science ones look completely different (and we are wondering whether to offer them as options for physics students).

warm regards
Kerry


Kerry Parker
Curriculum Leader: Science
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
The Correspondence School
Thorndon, Wellington, NZ

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