Length: 500 words Submission Details: Through Turnitin in word format. Make sure your name and student number is in the footer of every Feedback Details: Via Grademark and in summary during tutorials for you to use to improve upon marks in the next assessment. Rationale The ability to write an appropriate executive summary is an essential skill for all reports. Reports are required in this unit and many others in the school. They are also used by employers as you will not be writing essays in the work environment, so it is important that you are exposed to this format now.
Task Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Australia's health 2014. Canberra, Australia. Retrieved from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/australias-health/2014/.
This report is published bi-annually by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and provides an overall snapshot of Australia’s health. You need to choose one chapter only from the report and write an executive summary on that chapter. Criteria You will be assessed on the following:
1. Proof reading of text to ensure accuracy of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
2. Writing clearly and in an appropriate formal style for an academic report, including use of APA to reference the report.
3. Adequately and appropriately covering the key points in the report within a strict word limit of 500 words. So be concise.
Resources The processes for developing an executive summary will be discussed in tutorials.
. Read the marking criteria that follow and these will be discussed in class eg max that may be quoted is 5% so you must use your own words. Any quoting must cite to author, year and page and use quotation marks. Copied material is easily seen on Turnitin, so more than one submission is recommended. Note: Only the provided article is required to be referenced for this assignment unless directly cited in the article itself. Students will still need to provide a reference page.
Marking rubric: Assessment 1a Criteria Unsatisfactory Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction Proof read text to ensure accuracy of grammar, spelling and punctuation. (5 marks) Language errors detract significantly from meaning. Abbreviations not defined.