1. CCEA Support Events GCSE Science – Double Award Revised Specification
First teaching Sept. 2011

2. Agenda
Introduction
Specification and Specimen Assessment Materials (Reading Time)
Changes (Structure and Assessment Materials)
Controlled Assessment - Rationale
Controlled Assessment (Reading Time)
Overview of Controlled Assessment
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. Support Specification, SAMs, CATs on-line and hard copy
Schemes of Work (“Word” version on-line – May 2011)
Student guides
Working with publisher to revise all CCEA endorsed textbooks
Controlled assessment guidance for teachers
Controlled Assessment support events in October 2011
Topic Tracker

5. 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 – Contact

6. Double Award Science
CCEA is only Awarding Body offering this qualification
Unique to Northern Ireland
New grading
A*A*,A*A,AA,AB,BB,BC,CC,CD,DD etc.

7. Specification and SAMs
Reading Time

8. Structure of the Course
Unit
% Weighting
Raw Marks
Time
Availability
Unit 1:
Biology
11% 70
H & F 1h
Every Nov, Feb and May
(starting Nov 2011)
Chemistry
Physics

9. Structure of the Course
Content from Unit 1 will not be assessed in Unit 2
Unit
% Weighting
Raw Marks
Time
Availability
Unit 2:
Biology
14% 90
H & F
1h 15 min
Every Summer
(starting summer 2013)
Chemistry
Physics
Controlled
Assessment
25% 45
(not tiered) -
From Sept (2011)

10. Key Changes How Science Works - section 1.5
data evidence, theories and explanations
practical and enquiry skills
communication skills
applications and implications of science
Assessed in Papers & CA tasks
AO3 – “Analyse and evaluate evidence, make reasoned judgements and draw conclusions based on evidence”
Unit 1(Biol, chem, phys): marks out of 70
Unit 2(Biol, chem, phys): marks out of 90
Mathematical content – section 3.8
Extended writing assessing QWC
section 4.4 of specification
will appear in all papers
banded mark scheme

11. Unit 2 H – Q7
Q9b(iii) – P1 F
A03 - Analyse and evaluate evidence, make reasoned judgements and draw conclusions based on evidence
Mathematical Content – Extract and interpret information from tables
QWC

13. Controlled Assessment (Rationale)
Authenticity
Variety
Manageability

14. Skills that must be assessed
“Develop hypotheses and plan practical ways to test them including risk assessment; manage risks when carrying out practical work; collect, process, analyse and interpret primary and secondary data including the use of appropriate technology to draw evidence-based conclusions; review methodology to assess fitness for purpose, and review hypotheses in light of outcomes”

15. CAT and specification (section 4)
Reading Time

16. Tasks - overview CCEA sets the tasks
6 new tasks each year for each cohort (2 biology,
2 chemistry and 2 physics)
Only two tasks should be submitted
Tasks submitted must be from two different subject areas eg. Biology and Chemistry
Available in September
Teacher Guidance Notes
Candidate Response Booklets - A
Candidate Response Booklets - B
Each task has 3 parts
Part A (Planning and Risk Assessment)
Part B (Data Collection)
Part C (Processing, Analysis and Evaluation)
Can be taken at any time

17. Teacher Guidance Notes
Details of the task
Independent variables
Suggested method/s

18. Part A – Planning and Risk Assessment
Assessed
Informal (medium control)
No time limit
General guidance from teacher
group work
class discussion
Trial experiment
Final plan and risk assessment must be completed independently in Candidate Response Booklet A

19. Marking Part A (Planning and Risk Assessment)
No redrafting allowed
Use generic mark bands (section 6)
Marked out of 18
3 options to allow candidates to move on after planning
plan and risk assessment are appropriate
plan and risk assessment are appropriate with some minor amendments
plan and risk assessment are unsuitable and inappropriate
Plan and risk assessment completed in Candidate Response Booklet A

20. Data Collection Not assessed No time limit
Teacher can give very significant help and guidance to ensure suitable results are obtained and recorded
Data/results also recorded in Candidate response booklet A

21. Part C – Processing, Analysis and Evaluation
Assessed
Formal (High) control
Completed in Candidate Response Booklet B
No assistance – must be completed independently
Time limit: 1h – to be completed in one sitting
Need to refer to their plan and results taken
Marked out of 27 using mark scheme supplied
Contains questions relating to their own data and secondary data supplied

22. Moderation Internal standardisation Sample to CCEA in May
2 CATs submitted (candidate response booklets and CRS)
Tolerance
Marks adjusted if outside tolerance

23. Contact Details Nuala Braniff – Specification Support
Kevin Henderson
Patricia Quinn