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Investigation: Personality traits and the workplace
This sample has been compiled by the QCAA to help teachers plan and develop assessment instruments for individual school settings. It demonstrates the following dimensions:
• Knowing and understanding
• Applying and examining
• Producing and evaluating
Assessment instrument
Comments Context
This task provides students with opportunities to:
As part of the unit ‘Into Relationships’ you have been examining
personal identity and personality traits and their impact on relationships.
You have examined a range of personality tests. You will now be selecting two tests and investigating how they can be used with regard to improving relationships in the workplace.
Task
An employer group is investigating ways to use data gathered from personality testing to improve workplace relations. Your role is to select two personality tests and prepare a multimodal presentation to the employer group that investigates the effectiveness of these personality tests and appraises their usefulness as tools of workplace improvement.
You must also recommend ways employers and employees could use test results to develop an effective working environment.
• recognise and describe concepts and ideas related to personal and interpersonal skills
• recognise and explain the ways life skills relate to social contexts
• explain issues and viewpoints related to social investigations
• organise information and material related to social contexts and issues.
Guidelines
Use material gathered from class work on personality tests and research on workplaces to organise information relating to two personality tests and research what makes an effective workplace.
In order to undertake this task, you should complete the following steps:
• recognise and describe the main concepts and ideas related to the tests in determining personality traits and their usefulness in studying
relationships
• recognise and explain how personal and interpersonal skills relate to the maintenance of effective relationships
• explain the issues and viewpoints associated with using the two personality tests
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Sample assessment instrument
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• analyse and compare viewpoints about social contexts and issues
• apply concepts and ideas to make decisions about social
investigations
• use language conventions and features to
communicate ideas and information, according to purposes
• communicate the outcomes of social investigations, to suit audiences
• appraise inquiry processes and the outcomes of social investigations.
• analyse and compare viewpoints about the effectiveness of using personality tests in the context of the workplace
• for each test you have selected, show how the concepts and ideas related to personality testing can been applied in the workplace
• appraise each of the two tests, decide which is most useful for the workplace and support your decisions
• support your recommendation by appraising the reliability of your investigation processes
• communicate the outcomes of your investigation by delivering a multimodal presentation of 3–5 minutes to the employer group.
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Instrument-specific standards matrix
Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E
Knowing and understanding
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
• accurate recognition and comprehensive description of concepts and ideas related to determining personality traits and their usefulness in studying relationships
• accurate recognition and thorough description of concepts and ideas related to determining personality traits and their usefulness in studying relationships
• recognition and description of concepts and ideas related to determining personality traits and their
usefulness in studying relationships
• partial recognition and simple description of concepts and ideas related to determining personality traits and their usefulness in studying relationships
• minimal recognition and superficial description of concepts and/or ideas related to determining personality traits and their usefulness in studying relationships
• accurate recognition and comprehensive explanation of the ways personal and interpersonal skills relate to the maintenance of effective workplaces
• accurate recognition and thorough explanation of the ways personal and interpersonal skills relate to the maintenance of effective workplaces
• recognition and
explanation of the ways personal and
interpersonal skills relate to the maintenance of effective workplaces
• disjointed recognition and explanation of the ways personal and interpersonal skills relate to the maintenance of effective workplaces
• superficial statements of the ways personal and interpersonal skills relate to the maintenance of effective workplaces
• succinct and logical explanation of issues associated with using the two personality tests.
• logical explanation of issues and viewpoints associated with using the two personality tests.
• explanation of issues and viewpoints
associated with using the two personality tests.
• simple explanation of issues and viewpoints associated with using the two personality tests.
• minimal identification of issues associated with using the two personality tests.
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Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E
Applying and examining
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
• detailed and thoughtful organisation of a wide range of information and material related to effective
workplaces
• methodical organisation of a range of information and material related to effective workplaces
• organisation of
information and material related to effective workplaces
• inconsistent organisation of a narrow range of information and material related to effective workplaces
• collection of material related to effective workplaces
• insightful analysis and comparison of a wide range of viewpoints about the effectiveness of using personality testing in the workplace
• in-depth analysis and comparison of a range of viewpoints about the effectiveness of using personality testing in the workplace
• analysis and comparison of viewpoints about the effectiveness of using personality testing in the context of the workplace
• identification and description of viewpoints about the effectiveness of using personality testing in the workplace
• statements of personal opinion about the effectiveness of using personality testing in the workplace
• efficient and competent application of concepts and ideas to make justifiable decisions
• competent application of concepts and ideas to make informed decisions
• application of concepts and ideas to make decisions
• uneven application of concepts and ideas to make simple decisions
• use of concepts and/or ideas
• proficient use of language conventions and features to effectively communicate ideas and information in a multimodal presentation.
• controlled use of language conventions and features to clearly communicate ideas and information in a
multimodal presentation.
• use of language
conventions and features to communicate ideas and information in a multimodal presentation.
• inconsistent use of language conventions and features to
communicate aspects of ideas and information in a multimodal
presentation.
• minimal use of language conventions and/or features to present ideas and information in a multimodal presentation.
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Standard A Standard B Standard C Standard D Standard E
Producing and evaluating
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
The student work has the following characteristics:
• fluent and cohesive communication of the outcomes of social investigations that sustain the audience’s engagement
• clear communication of the outcomes of social investigations that engage audiences
• communication of the outcomes of social investigations, to suit audiences
• vague communication of the outcomes of social investigations, somewhat suited to audiences
• unclear communication of aspects of social investigations
• reasoned and well- supported appraisal of inquiry processes and the outcomes of social investigations.
• considered appraisal of inquiry processes and the outcomes of social investigations.
• appraisal of inquiry processes and the outcomes of social investigations.
• description of inquiry processes and the outcomes of social investigations.
• fragmented description of inquiry processes and/or the outcomes of social investigations.
