Extended response: Extended research response Technology and the law

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1 Extended response: Extended research response Technology and the law This sample has been compiled by the QCAA to help teachers plan and develop assessment instruments for individual school settings. It demonstrates the following dimensions, which are highlighted to show where opportunities are provided in the task: Knowing and understanding the law Investigating legal issues Responding to the law Assessment instrument This instrument provides students with opportunities to demonstrate the following. Knowing and understanding the law define and describe facts using legal terminology explain communicate meaning using language conventions. Context Rapid developments occur in the design, development and implementation of technological discoveries. Traditional legal principles and are constantly challenged by the need to keep pace with new technologies. With the onset of new technology, people s identities are no longer secure. Criminals are now using technology to steal identities not only in pursuit of wealth, but also for other criminal purposes. The Government has established a to investigate the law and any changes required to keep pace with changing technology. Task Analyse current legislation and evaluate whether it is effective in protecting Australian citizens from identity theft through new technologies. Recommend further actions the government might take to prevent identity theft in order to protect citizens in commercial situations

2 Investigating legal issues select and organise legal information from analyse legal situations to identify and examine legal issues and stakeholder apply to legal issues to determine legal outcomes Responding to the law evaluate the law and make decisions and recommendations about legal outcomes and their justify decisions and reasoning. Guidelines Your response should: define identity theft and describe the impact identify theft through technology is having in Australia today explain current laws and legal related to identity theft select and organise legal information from appropriate analyse a specific commercial situation involving identity theft through new technology to identify and examine relevant legal issues and stakeholder apply to the legal issues examined to determine whether the law protected victims in the chosen situation evaluate the law and consumer and business stakeholder responses decide whether the law in relation to identity theft is effective in keeping pace with changing technologies recommend any changes that may improve the law s response to new technologies including the of those changes justify decisions and reasoning. Conditions Extended research response: words (Year 12) Persuasive essay format with in-text citation and referencing Class time and student s own time may be used to conduct research and develop a response. Statement of time allowed Students will require guidance about the level of depth vs breadth required to satisfy each objective. This could be through in class discussions and feedback provided. This could also be made explicit on the task sheet. Authentication of student work It is essential that judgments of student achievement be made on genuine student assessment responses. Teachers should ensure that students work is their own, particularly where students have access to electronic re or when they are preparing collaborative tasks. The QCAA s A Z of Senior Moderation contains a strategy for authenticating student work and is available from This handbook provides information about various methods teachers can use to monitor that students work is their own. Particular methods outlined include: teachers seeing plans and drafts of student work student production and maintenance of evidence for the development of responses student acknowledgment of re used. Teachers must ensure students use consistent accepted conventions of in-text citation and referencing, where appropriate. Further advice on drafting of student assessment responses is available on the Legal Studies subject page of the QCAA website The methods chosen for authentication of student work should be explicit on the assessment instrument. Page 2 of 5

3 Instrument-specific standards matrix Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E The student work has the following characteristics: Knowing and understanding the law appropriate definition and comprehensive description of facts showing discriminating use of legal terminology thorough and effective explanation of a comprehensive range of coherent and effective communication of meaning using well-chosen language conventions suited to submission of a persuasive essay to a parliamentary reform appropriate definition and detailed description of facts using relevant legal terminology detailed explanation of a range of clear communication of meaning using appropriate language conventions suited to submission of a persuasive essay to a definition and description of facts using legal terminology explanation of legal concepts and communication of meaning using language conventions suited to submission of a persuasive essay to a partial definition or simple description of some facts using legal terminology simple explanation of some communication using language conventions suited to aspects of the submission of a persuasive essay to a statement of facts using some legal terminology statement of aspects of communication using inconsistent language conventions Investigating legal issues discerning selection and organisation of legal identity theft from relevant and valid thorough and discriminating analysis of legal situations to identify and examine relevant legal issues and stakeholders discerning application of to legal issues to determine logical legal outcomes purposeful selection and organisation of legal identity theft from relevant detailed and informed analysis of legal situations to identify and examine relevant legal issues and stakeholders systematic application of to legal issues to determine logical legal outcomes selection and organisation of legal information regarding identity theft from analysis of legal situations to identify and examine legal issues and stakeholders application of legal concepts and to legal issues to determine appropriate legal outcomes selection and organisation of aspects of legal identity theft from some simple analysis of legal situations to identify and examine some legal issues and/or stakeholder partial application of some /or to legal issues to determine legal outcomes selection of obvious identity theft identification of some legal issues and/or stakeholder identification of some legal concepts and/or relating to aspects of legal issues Page 3 of 5

4 Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E The student work has the following characteristics: Responding to the law discerning evaluation of the and discerning decisions and insightful recommendations made about the suitability of legal outcomes and their convincing and reasoned justification of decisions and reasoning effective evaluation of the and relevant decisions and logical recommendations made about the suitability of legal outcomes and their valid and logical justification of decisions and reasoning evaluation of the law regarding identity theft and decisions and recommendations made about the suitability of legal outcomes and their justification of decisions and reasoning. simple evaluation of the aspects of the law regarding identity theft and/or simple decisions and/or recommendations made about the suitability of legal outcomes and/or their simple justification of decisions and/or recommendations description of aspects of the and/or stakeholder responses statement of decisions and/or opinions justification inconsistent with decisions and/or recommendations This standards matrix has been made instrument-specific by specifying the context and genres and deleting any objectives not being assessed in this task. Page 4 of 5

5 Acknowledgments The QCAA acknowledges the contribution of St Joseph s College Gregory Terrace in the preparation of this document. Page 5 of 5