NSW Design and Technology Stage 6 structure, expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Design and Technology” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
The design process, needs analysis, project management and evaluation, as they apply to the Major Design Project.
The factors that shape design, the nature of innovation, and successful and unsuccessful design cases.
Materials selection, manufacturing processes, CAD and lifecycle analysis — the technical reasoning behind a design decision.
A Design and Technology paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 3–5 |
| develop | Short answer | 3–6 |
| evaluate | Short answer | 3–6 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 8–10 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–5 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| justify | Short answer | 3–6 |
| solve | Short answer | 3–5 |
HSC Design and Technology - Written Paper Shape — 40 marks, 90 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.