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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Specification Reading Time

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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 McKnight) –Hodder: GCSE Chemistry for CCEA textbook (Teresa Quigg and Theo Laverty) –Hodder: GCSE Chemistry for CCEA revision guide (Alyn McFarland) –Hodder: GCSE Physics for CCEA textbook (Frank McCauley & Roy White) –Hodder: GCSE Physics for CCEA revision guide (Roy White) ** Colour coded for DAS.

10. 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

11. SoW and Support Materials Reading Time

12. 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

13. Mathematical Content (3.8)

15. Assessment Objectives (4.2)

16. AO Weightings (4.3)

17. QwC (4.4) Extended writing assessing QwC 1 question per Foundation Tier paper and 2 questions per Higher Tier paper banded mark scheme

18. 2013 DAS Chem Unit 2 HT Q5(a)

21. 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

22. Past Papers Reading Time

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

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

25. Q&A

26. Controlled Assessment Tasks

27. Rationale Authenticity Variety Manageability

28. 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

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

30. Questions ? Chair of Examiners

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