1. GEOGRAPHY SBA NATIONAL MODERATION 2016
SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT NATIONAL MODERATION FEEDBACK
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GENERAL POINTS
Collective experience accumulated over a number of years shows through the high standard from most schools
Learners are the true beneficiaries
All work must be dated to show progression throughout the year
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CLASS ASSESSMENTS
Some schools are using tests in this section, while in others there was the wholesome copying of textbook exercises
Teachers are expected to set tasks that are rich – see page 11 in the SAGs – and the list of the anticipated tasks is on pages 3 and 4 in the SAGs document
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CLASS ASSESSMENTS (cont.)
Teachers are required to submit only two tasks, which should allow sufficient opportunity and time to produce tasks that are rich and different from the exam/test type of activity
The tasks must cover a range of aims, skills and knowledge
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PROJECT
The teacher’s guidance must be apparent right from guiding of the learners from correct topic selection and developing of a hypothesis or a focus question
The projects must show evidence of support and monitoring by the educator
Evidence of draft (work) is required and evidence of internal moderation
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CONTROLLED TESTS
Three controlled tests from two different sections, each of at least 50 minutes duration
A good rule of thumb is 100 marks in 60 minutes for theory-type tests and 100 marks in 90 minutes for a practical-type tests
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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS
Exam papers must be dated and accompanied by analysis grids and marking guides
The correct sample of the analysis grid may be found in the SAGs document on page 35 – we only use 6 cognitive levels, not seven as was the case in the “old” grids
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8. VUSI MASUKU January-February 2017
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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS (cont.)
Scripts of learners must have evidence of marking and constructive feedback that helps guide learners on how they could have better tackled the exam questions
Evidence of internal moderation in the actual learner scripts
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9. VUSI MASUKU January-February 2017
NATIONAL MODERATION 2016
THANK YOUs
To the GREAT moderation team!
* Loredana Borello
* Kim Glover
* Angela Phocas
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