Note the focus area and standard Note the type of Describe the document / artefact and Describe
Describe how the document / artefact
descriptor/s the artefact /
document reflects
Know students and how
they learn.
1.2 Understand how
students learn.
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of research
into how students learn and
the implications for teaching.
1.5 Differentiate teaching
to meet the specific
learning needs of
students across the full
range of abilities.
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of strategies
for differentiating teaching to
meet the specific learning
needs of students across the
full range of abilities.
artefact / document indicate the possible impact or result
of the artefact / document on
teaching and/ or student learning
This questionnaire Developing this google form
was originally survey to send out to the
presented to students was both a learning
students as a activity for the students and the
google form which teachers and a way to gather
they completed necessary information about
online, the data was students at the beginning of the
then collected and school year. It is essential that a
delivered to teacher then applies knowledge
teachers in a spread of the current research to inform
sheet. For teaching strategies (NSW
convenience I have Government, n.d). It was an
selected one experiment on the behalf of
response and teachers as they had never
copied out above. used this technology before, it
was a new experience for
students as majority had never
used the technology. Overall the
result of the experiment was
highly beneficial for all involved.
The results that were collected
varied from silly and
nonsensical to highly beneficial
and information that would not
have been divulged in any other
situation.
meets the standard descriptors you
have identified.
The form specifically asks the
question what is your favourite
way to learn (APST 1.2). Therefore,
if no students answered group
work in the survey, the class
teacher would obviously not base
the majority of learning activities
around group work. Sub-standard
1.2 states that understanding how
students learn is essential, by
specifically asking students how
they prefer to learn it is
acknowledging the need to
understand how students learn
best. By then using this
information and implicating it into
teaching, the students best
interests are being met and it is
proven that the teacher knows
their students and how they learn.
The survey asks students what
they have trouble with at school
and something that they want the
teachers to know (APST 1.5). As
 shown above Evie has very similar
answer to both of these questions,
The range of questions allows
stating that she thinks school is
students to have fun while
too easy. This tells teachers that
completing the survey and
maybe they need to challenge Evie
answer questions that have a
or extend learning to meet her
greater importance then they
specific learning needs.
would realise.