Practitioners Instructions:
- Make sure the learner understands the information and instructions for this demonstration
- Go over the evaluation section with your learner to ensure that the learner understands
what skills, knowledge or behaviours are being assessed by this demonstration, as well as
how they will be evaluated.
- Discuss with the learner and decide a reasonable length of time for the completion of this
demonstration activity. Record this information on the assessment form.
- When the learner has completed the demonstration, provide a way for the learner to selfreflect
on the experience. Complete the assessment form with the learner, and note
whether it was successful or needs to be tried again.
Prior Learning Required:
The learner needs to be able to independently read textbooks, charts and diagrams and other
forms of text. The learner should be able to conduct research in a library and/or on the
Internet, plan a research project, brainstorm and organise ideas for writing, write using
paragraph form and appropriate levels of language.
Help Allowed:
- The learner can ask for feedback from peers for editing and proof reading.
- The learner may ask the instructor for guidance in organisation of research
and the report.
- The learner may use a dictionary or thesaurus.
- The learner may use a word processing application to produce the report.
Possible Adaptation:
- The topic, scope and breadth of the research can be varied according to the learner’s
interests and activities.
- Only sections of the rubric may be used, rather than using it in its entirety. Focus may
be applied to those aspects of research or writing upon which the learner has been
working.
- Learners may wish to interview an electrician or staff at Job Connect or the local
community college in addition to text-based research.
- The learner may wish to produce the report using a word processing program.
Diagrams, photographs, charts and tables can be added according to the learner’s
competence with computer technology.
- The learner may wish to make an oral report on this topic. A rubric for oral
presentations will be required for this task.