G&T D&T?

I am presently thinking about how a primary school can assess its pupils for Gifted ad Talented status in Design Technology. Sport, maths and other G&T areas are fairly simple, but what are you measuring for D&T?

I have chosen to pick three areas: Manual Dexterity, tested through assembling a simple kit, Organisation through how well they plan the kit assembly, and design through their proposed and recorded amendments to the kit.

This is a new activity in my consultancy but it builds upon the concept of Technology Education being about identifying needs and producing solutions.

As for what kit they will assemble, it is likely to be a simple Meccano clone. Spanners ready!