2020 REVISED CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT PLANS AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT PLANS AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY GRADE 12 Implementation: June 2020

Presentation Outline Purpose Amendments: Annual Teaching Plan (ATP) Amendments: School Based Assessment (SBA) Amendments: Practical Assessment Task (PAT) Conclusion

1. Purpose • To mediate the amendments of the trimmed and re-organised 2020 Annual Teaching Plan including School Based Assessment for Computer Applications Technology, Grade 12 for implementation in June 2020 as stipulated in Circular S 2 of 2020. • To ensure that meaningful teaching proceeds during the remaining teaching time as per the revised school calendar. • To assist teachers with guided pacing and sequencing of curriculum content and assessment.

Purpose (continued) To enable teachers to cover the essential core content/skills in each grade within the available time. To assist teachers with planning for the different forms of assessment. To ensure learners are adequately prepared for the year/s in terms of content, skills, knowledge, attitudes and values.

2. Amendments: Annual Teaching Plan (ATP)

Overview of Re-organisation Theory • Content clustered for accelerated teaching and learnerdirected learning. • Supported with Power. Point presentations, videos, questions and answers from past exam papers, quizzes. Practical • Spreadsheet: Content clustered for accelerated teaching • Word processing: Content clustered for accelerated teaching Practical Assessment Task (PAT) • Removal of database in Phase 2 and removal of website in Phase 3

Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics System Software Computer management Networks Internet communication Social Implications Spreadsheet Word processing Term Amendment 2 Related content clustered for accelerated teaching 3 Related content moved to term 2 for accelerated teaching

PAT Amended Content/Topics Term Amendment Information Management Integrated with PAT 1+2+3 N/A (Phase 1 completed in term 1) Practical Assessment Task 2 Database component removed Practical Assessment Task 3 Website component removed

3. Amendments: School Based Assessment (SBA)

Revised Programme of Assessment Terms Tasks Assessment Term 1 Term 2 Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Theory Test 1 Practical Test 2 Theory Test 3 Practical Test 4 SBA weighting Total Marks Term 3 Task 5 Trial Practical Exam Trial Theory Exam 180 150 3 hours Convert to 25% Min: 45 Time Allocation Min: 60 min

SBA Amended Task Term Amendment June examination 2 Removed to increase teaching time Test 2 Specified as a theory test formal assessment 3 Moved to term 2 as formal assessment and specified as practical test formal assessment Test

Amended Examination Structure Paper 1 - Practical Paper 2 - Theory • None

Revised Practical Assessment Task (PAT) – Amended Rubric Phase 1 Focus Completed in term 1 (no changes) Maximum Mark Date Mark Obtained Marked 32 Questionnaire Phase 2 Spreadsheet 24 (Note: Database: Removed 20 marks) Present information/solution – Report (48) Phase 3 General (4) 52 (Note: Website: Removed 32 marks) General Observations and overall evaluation (Original total of 180 changed to New Total of 128) 20 128

4. Conclusion

Conclusion • Related content clustered • Attempt to limit impact

Contact Details Mrs Carina Labuscagne: CAT & IT Department of Basic Education Tel: 012 357 4168 Email: Labuscagne. C@dbe. gov. za