Task-specific rubric
Your teacher applies the Australian Curriculum achievement standard to this task. Check the task-specific standards on the assessment you received.
A Luna Academy guide for Years 7–12
Build a PSMT that stands up.
Think of your PSMT as a house. Evidence is the ground. Your observations and assumptions form the foundation. Mathematical translation creates the blueprint, solving does the construction, and evaluation checks whether the answer is safe to use.
These pages are teaching modules, not compulsory report headings. The house is a way to understand the links, not a report template.
Your guide context
Keep this guide matched to the task in front of you
Your year selects an example at the right mathematical level and the marking language that belongs with it. Years 11 and 12 also select a senior subject. You can change this choice at any time.
Start with your task
Choose a year in the top bar
Senior students will also choose General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics.
The complete report journey
Work on the part of the house that needs attention
You may move backwards as well as forwards. An inspection can reveal a weak assumption, so return to the foundation and rebuild the mathematics when needed.
01The building brief
Introduction
Write the building brief: the problem, the required answer and the scope of the work.
Choose a year first →02The ground and foundationObservations and Assumptions
Set the ground and foundation: evidence, developed observations and justified assumptions.
Choose a year first →03The blueprint and frameMathematical Translation
Draw the blueprint: define the variables, constraints and relationships the model needs.
Choose a year first →04The constructionSolve
Build from the blueprint: calculate, compare and explain each important result.
Choose a year first →05The building inspectionEvaluate
Inspect the work: verify results and test whether the solution still stands.
Choose a year first →06The handoverConclusion
Hand over a usable answer with the units, precision and conditions that matter.
Choose a year first →07The final walkthroughFinal Checklist
Walk through the whole response and repair any broken link from evidence to answer.
Choose a year first →One guide, three marking contexts
Use the words attached to your assessment
Your school’s marking guide
Year 11 assessment is school-based. Do not assume that a Year 12 IA1 instrument or its conditions are your marking guide.
QCAA IA1 ISMG
General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics use subject-specific IA1 instruments with evidence across Formulate, Solve, Evaluate and Communicate.
Curriculum basis: Australian Curriculum Version 9 Mathematics and the current QCAA senior mathematics syllabuses. Sources and access dates are recorded on each contextual page.
Before you write
Check the ground before you build.
Read the question, supplied evidence, conditions and marking guide together. Then keep asking: can this mathematical choice be traced back to evidence or a justified assumption?
Review your context