Higher History Resources for Higher

SQA Materials  Summer 2007 – National Consultation  December 2007/March 2008 – Qualifications Design Team  Contact with LTS, commercial publishers  January 2009 – Arrangements published  July 2009 – SQP and Course Assessment Specification  September 2009 – Paper 1 NABs published  Nov/Dec 2009 – Paper 2 NABs

SQA Exemplification in SQP & NABs Paper 1  Two examples of items for each Issue  Sampling regime –SQPIssues 1, 2 and 4 –NAB 1Issues 2, 3 and 5 –NAB 2Issues 4, 5 and 6 –NAB 3Issues 1,3 and 6  Preview Copies on secure site  Item banking

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Marking Instructions: Paper 1  Assessment questions: either –Assessment by factor/area/topic, or –Evidence of success; evidence of failure  Evaluation questions –Isolated factors –Other factors  Any other relevant factors

Marking Instructions: Paper 2  Points from source –Four per source –Three in source evaluations (max 2 marks)  Points of recall developed from the source  Points of wider contextual recall  Any other relevant points

LTS Resources for Paper 2 (1)  Wars of Independence  Reformation  Act of Union  Migration and Empire  Scotland at War  Generic resource on sources

LTS Resources for Paper 2 (2) Characteristics  Varied  Media rich  Flexible

Commercial Resources for Paper 2 Hodder Headline textbooks  The Scottish Wars of Independence  The Treaty of Union  Scotland and the Impact of the Great War Plus  Britain & Scotland and Germany

Questions answered  Questions?

Questions Answered: Appeals (1)  System peculiar to Scotland  Demonstrated attainment  Parity of demand  Replicate demands of Course assessment: –duration (split prelims?) –demand: format, sampling, standard –Security –Standard of marking  “Guidance on Estimates, Absentees and Appeals”

Questions Answered: Appeals (2)  Appeals evidence should help examiners –MIs: generic* + detailed* –Cut-offs –Instrument of assessment –Sources of questions –Candidate evidence  NQs: use NAB(s)* – advice on modification –Use British NAB 1 with Europe/World NAB 1 etc  S Grade – commercial prelims (current/caveat) - sampled past papers

Questions Answered: Extended Essay Selection of Issue/Plan  Within syllabus  No group/class plans  No teacher/lecturer plans  No SQA MIs  200 word maximum  No score outs

Questions Answered  QM: Larry Cheyne Direct line –  QO: Duncan Cox Direct line –