New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events Design and Manufacture: Unit Assessment at Advanced Higher

Unit Assessment – Recap  Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence Requirements in Units  Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment – encouraged  Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one outcome or Unit – combined assessments  More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching

Unit Assessment Support Purpose As at Higher, Assessment Support will be provided which you can use to: Assess your candidates Adapt for your own assessment programmes Help you develop your own assessments your own assessments

Unit Assessment Support at Advanced Higher – Key Features Valid from August 2015 Complements and supports learning and teaching Assess competence against Unit Outcomes and Assessment Standards Designed to encourage professional judgement Provide broad-based tasks – allow assessors to choose appropriate context and forms of evidence Show range of approaches to generating assessment evidence Give information on the type of evidence which could be gathered

Unit Assessment Support at Advanced Higher – Approaches Package 1 (Published October 2014) Portfolio approach – which uses naturally occurring evidence Package 2 (Published February 2015) Unit by Unit approach – discrete assessment tasks for each Unit Package 3 (Published April 2015) Combined approach – Product Development Unit articulation with project

Assessment Support Package 1 Portfolio approach Covers all three units – Product Analysis, Evolution, and Development Makes use of naturally occurring evidence gathered though learning and teaching Describes how the judgments should be made for each assessment standard Provides commentary on possible approaches and activities which can be used Gives information on re-assessment

Unit Assessment Support Package 2 Separate support package for each of the units Short focussed tasks Contexts can be changed as required Assessment judgements are the same as portfolio Commentary on evidence relates to the task(s) provided Re-assessment is by Assessment Standard not by task

Unit Assessment Support Package 3 Using the Product Development Unit to articulate with elements of the Course project

CfE Units versus current Units Product Design Analysis Product Analysis Product Development Design Case StudyProduct Evolution CfECurrent

Units – Product Analysis Outcomes  Analyse performance, production and impact  Analyse performance and production CfE Current

Units – Product Development Outcomes  Identify and respond to a design opportunity  Create and evaluate a design proposal  Identify a development opportunity…  Produce a design solution…  Produce outline proposals for commercial manufacture… CfE Current

Units – Product Evolution Outcomes  Research factors that have influenced the design and manufacture of a selected commercial product  Investigate the impact of new and emerging technologies on the design and manufacture of a selected commercial product  Investigate the development of design in a commercial product  Evaluate the factors which may influence the future development of the product CfE Current

Workshop 1 Unit Assessment Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2- 3, discuss:  Identify subject-specific topics for discussion Workshop Aims  To understand the assessment and evidence requirements of Unit Assessment  To consider a range of ways of generating evidence for the Unit Assessment Support provided Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss:  Consider the three unit support packs  Discuss the evidence requirements of each pack  Discuss the ways in which your current practice will support the generating of evidence for these new units –What do you currently do that you can continue to do –What you need to change/reconsider – if anything

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