Psychology Assessment Support Materials

Resources have been written to assist teachers interpret Psychology unit standards and develop their own assessment material.  These resources are not teaching plans.  The resources have been developed to:

• assist teachers develop resources that promote quality assessment of Psychology unit standards
• assist teachers interpret the standards and show how merit and excellence grades in these unit standards can be meaningfully assessed
• demonstrate possible assignment tasks and teaching contexts for each standard.

These resources are intended as a guide only and it is expected that assessors will adapt these and develop assessments that are relevant to the context in which their assessment occurs.

Resources for unit standards

Level 1

Resource for unit standard 27254 (DOC, 119KB)

Resource for unit standard 27255 (DOC, 109KB)

Resource for unit standard 27256 (DOC, 81KB)

Resource for unit standard 27257 (DOC, 70KB)

Resource for unit standard 27258 (DOC, 110KB)

Level 2

Assessment support material will be available when the standards are published.

Level 3

Assessment support material will be available when the standards are published.

Other resources

New Zealand Curriculum Guide - Psychology

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