Course performance descriptors for Geography Elective
Course performance descriptors for Geography Elective 7–10 (2019) provide holistic descriptions of typical achievement at different grade levels. Course performance descriptions are used to identify and report a student’s level of achievement in a Board Developed Course at the end of Stage 5.
Grade A
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of places and environments, and the geographical processes and influences that form and transform them
- demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of the interactions and connections between people, places and environments
- analyses patterns associated with natural phenomena and human activity across a range of scales
- analyses contemporary geographical issues and events and their impact on places and environments
- displays extensive knowledge and understanding of geographical issues and their management
- exhibits extensive skills to select and proficiently apply geographical concepts and tools appropriate and relevant to the investigation
- displays sophisticated skills to select, acquire and process complex geographical information, using an extensive range of strategies to communicate effectively.
Grade B
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of places and environments, and the geographical processes and influences that form and transform them
- demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of the interactions and connections between people, places and environments
- explains patterns associated with natural phenomena and human activity
- explains contemporary geographical issues and events and their impact on places and environments
- displays thorough knowledge and understanding of geographical issues and their management
- exhibits high-level skills to select and apply geographical concepts and tools appropriate and relevant to the investigation
- displays high-level skills to select, acquire, process and communicate complex geographical information using a broad range of strategies.
Grade C
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of places and environments, and the geographical processes and influences that form and transform them
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of the interactions and connections between people, places and environments
- describes patterns associated with natural phenomena and human activity
- describes contemporary geographical issues and events and their impact on places and environments
- displays sound knowledge and understanding of geographical issues and their management
- exhibits sound skills to select and apply geographical concepts and tools appropriate to the investigation
- displays sound skills to select, acquire, process and communicate geographical information using a range of strategies.
Grade D
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates basic knowledge of places and environments, and some understanding of the geographical processes and influences that form and transform them
- demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the interactions and connections between people, places and environments
- outlines patterns associated with natural phenomena and human activity
- recognises contemporary geographical issues and events and some of their impact on places and environments
- displays basic knowledge of geographical issues and their management
- exhibits basic skills to select and apply geographical concepts and tools for an investigation
- displays basic skills to select, acquire, process and/or communicate geographical information.
Grade E
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates elementary knowledge of places and environments, and identifies some geographical processes and influences that form and transform them
- demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of interactions and/or connections between people, places and environments
- recognises some patterns associated with natural phenomena and human activity
- identifies some contemporary geographical issues and events
- identifies some aspects of geographical issues and their management
- exhibits elementary skills to select and apply geographical concepts and tools for an investigation
- displays elementary skills to select, acquire, process and/or communicate geographical information.