From a need to a tested solution: brief, research, ideas and evaluation.
These are the statements the Design and Technology Year 7 syllabus makes about Design and the Design Process. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Needs, problems and design opportunities - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Writing a design brief - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Research and user needs - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Ideation and sketching - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Design criteria and constraints - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Choosing between alternatives - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Modelling and prototyping - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Evaluating against criteria - Design and the Design Process, Year 7.
Year 7 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Design and the Design Process are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Design and Technology Year 7 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Design and the Design Process opens the Design and Technology Year 7 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Design and Technology Year 7 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.