CCEA Information Event 16 th October 2014 GCSE

CCEA Information Event 16 th October 2014 GCSE Double Award Science First teaching September 2011

Agenda • Introduction Elaine Lennox (Subject Officer) • Specification, Support Resources and Past Papers • Imminent changes to the specifications • Topic Tracker tutorial • Question and Answer Time • Overview of Controlled Assessment • Exemplar CATs (Reading Time and marking practice) • Plenary

Accreditation Process • Revision every 5 years • Criteria/Regulations – Subject criteria (Content and Assessment Objectives) – Qualification criteria (Number of units allowed) – Controlled Assessment Regulations • Materials submitted to Regulator (Ofqual) – Specification – Specimen papers and mark schemes – Specimen Controlled Assessment Tasks (CATs) and mark schemes – Assessment Objective Grids

Specification Reading Time

Structure of the Course Unit Biology Unit 1: Living Processes and Biodiversity Chemistry Unit 1: Structures, Trends and Chemical Reactions Physics Unit 1: Force and Motion, Energy, Moments, and Radioactivity % Weighting Raw Marks Time Availability 70 - F 1 h (F) Every November, February and Summer 70 - H 1 h (H) 70 - F 1 h (F) 70 - H 1 h (H) 11% 11% (For Year 11 and Year 12) Every November, February and Summer (For Year 11 and Year 12)

Structure of the Course Unit Biology Unit 2: Body Systems, Genetics, Microorganisms and Health Chemistry Unit 2: Further Chemical Reactions and Organic Chemistry Physics Unit 2: Waves, Sound and Light, Electricity, and the Earth and Universe % Weighting Raw Marks Time Availability 90 - F 1 h 15 min (F) Summer only 90 - H 1 h 15 min (H) (For Year 12) 14% 14%

Structure of the Course Unit Practical Skills Unit 3: Controlled Assessment % Weighting Raw Marks Time Availability 45 Booklet A – No time limit Beginning of October for Year 11 cohort 25% (not tiered) Booklet B – 1 hr ** At least 40% of the assessment (based on unit weightings) must be taken at the end of the course as terminal assessment.

Support • Specification, SAMs, Data Leaflet, CATs, Past Papers and Mark Schemes – on-line • Schemes of Work (“Word” version on-line so can be adapted to suit) • Chief Examiner’s Reports • Student guides • Controlled assessment guidance for teachers

Support • • • Controlled Assessment support – Centre visits, Agreement Trials and Portfolio Clinic Topic Tracker Textbook and Revision Guide – Hodder: GCSE Biology for CCEA (James Napier) – Hodder: GCSE Biology for CCEA revision guide (James Napier and Neal Mc. Knight) – Hodder: GCSE Chemistry for CCEA textbook (Teresa Quigg and Theo Laverty) – Hodder: GCSE Chemistry for CCEA revision guide (Alyn Mc. Farland) – Hodder: GCSE Physics for CCEA textbook (Frank Mc. Cauley & Roy White) – Hodder: GCSE Physics for CCEA revision guide (Roy White) ** Colour coded for DAS.

Topic Tracker • Builds examination papers • Questions selected from menu of topics • Front cover generated • Mark scheme generated • Free of charge to all centres with CCEA

So. W and Support Materials Reading Time

How Science Works (1. 5) The skills, knowledge and understanding of How Science Works are: • • Data evidence, theories and explanations Practical and enquiry skills Communication skills Applications and implications of science – Assessed in Papers & Controlled Assessment tasks

Mathematical Content (3. 8)

Assessment Objectives (4. 2)

AO Weightings (4. 3)

Qw. C (4. 4) Extended writing assessing Qw. C • 1 question per Foundation Tier paper and 2 questions per Higher Tier paper • banded mark scheme

2013 DAS Chem Unit 2 HT Q 5(a)

Grading • Grades: – Higher Tier: A*-D – Foundation Tier: C-G • Grade Boundaries for unit 1, 2 and 3 for FT and HT: – Page 71 in specification • Qualification Boundaries (Page 72 in specification) A*A* A*A AA AB BB BC CC CD DD DE EE EF FF FG GG • Combination of Tiers acceptable – Aggregation of uniform marks – Minimum UM required for each boundary

Past Papers Reading Time

Review of GCSE • GCSE – First teaching Sept 2017 • Specification should remain unitised • Only one repeat opportunity per unit

Assessment of Practical Skills (New specification) • Will be assessed at GCSE • Remain part of GCSE overall grade • Weighting – approximately 10 – 20 %

Q&A

Controlled Assessment Tasks

Rationale • Authenticity • Variety • Manageability

Skills • Develop hypotheses and plan practical ways to test them including risk assessment; • Collect data while managing associated risks • Process, analyse and interpret primary and secondary data • Draw evidence-based conclusions • Review and evaluate methods of data collection and quality of resulting data • Review hypotheses in light of outcomes

More Information on Controlled Assessment to follow this afternoon. . . See separate powerpoint presentation.

Questions Chair of Examiners ?

Contact Details • Elaine Lennox - Subject Officer with responsibility for Chemistry and Double Award Science (elennox@ccea. org. uk) • Nuala Tierney 028 90261200 ext 2292 (ntierney@ccea. org. uk)