PDHPE 2016 HSC exam pack

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• outlining the features of complementary and/or alternative therapies (Q21)
• providing characteristics and features of determinants that contribute to the health inequities in a priority population group other than Indigenous Australians (Q22)
• describing how the action areas of the Ottawa Charter have been used in health promotion initiatives in Australia (Q23)
• indicating the main features of the stages of skill acquisition (Q24a)
• indicating the types of feedback that are appropriate at different stages of skill acquisition (24b)
• describing of psychological strategies used to enhance motivation and manage anxiety (Q26).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• describing the difference between complementary and alternative therapies and providing examples which demonstrate the difference (Q21)
• providing specific examples which demonstrate the relationship between the determinants and the resulting health inequities experienced by a priority population group other than Indigenous Australians (Q22)
• making judgements about the influence of the Ottawa Charter on health promotion initiatives in Australia and supporting these judgements with relevant examples (Q23)
• providing specific examples that support the type of feedback used at each stage of skill acquisition (24b)
• showing, through the use of examples, the difference between valid tests and reliable tests of athletic performance (Q25)
• justifying the psychological strategies used by athletes to enhance motivation and manage anxiety (Q26).

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• describing various sociocultural and individual factors adversely affecting the health of young people (Q27a)
• making evident the relationship between a range of strategies or actions and major health issues affecting young people (Q27b)
• identifying the physical activity options available to aged people and describing the medical conditions affecting them(Q29a)
• understanding a range of strategies that athletes may employ to support the body’s temperature regulation mechanisms (Q29b)
• using a range of contemporary examples to show an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages related to drug testing elite athletes (Q30a)
• showing the relationship between each element of a training session and improving performance, and supporting with examples (Q30b)
• providing strong examples to illustrate the influence of the media on shaping social attitudes/perceptions and government interventions (Q31a)
• discussing and making supported judgements about a range of factors that lead to inequity of a population group (Q31b).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• explaining the relationship between a range of sociocultural and individual factors and the health of young people (Q27a)
• providing a judgement about the impact of strategies or actions on the health of young people with regard to major health issues (Q27b)
• providing reasoning to support the chosen physical activity options for aged people (Q29a)
• making detailed judgement about how significant thermoregulation strategies regulate temperature (Q29b)
• drawing out the relationship between the advantages and disadvantages of drug testing and the related positive and negative impacts (Q30a)
• justifying each element of a training session with reference to improving performance and providing examples (Q30b)
• explaining how the media influences social perceptions and public policy (Q31a)
• linking relevant equity and health factors to reasons for inequity, with appropriate examples (Q31b).