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Qualifications Update:Psychology
Qualifications Update:Psychology
• 3 Unit Structure• Many of the skills knowledge and understanding
from current Higher are evident in the new Higher e.g. research methods and psychological approaches and theories
• Qualification is benchmarked to SCQF level 6 and so equal to the current Higher in demand
• Approval from SQA is required to deliver the qualification
Key messagesKey messages: : Points of stability
• New Unit titles– Research– Individual Behaviour– Social Behaviour
• Higher Units are hierarchical with National 5 Units
• Flexibility and choice in content and contexts for learning and teaching and for Unit assessment
Key messages: Key messages: Points of change - Units
• Course assessment includes an assignment and a question paper
• The assignment will be based on a research brief provided by SQA and requires primary research skills
• The question paper is 1.5 hours - shorter than current paper which lasts 2.5 hours
• All questions in the question paper must be answered: there are no options
Key messages: Key messages: Points of change - Course Assessment
Assessment Support Schedule 2013/14 Assessment Support Schedule 2013/14
Sept 13 CfE Update Letter
Oct 13 Unit Assessment Support (Package 1)
Feb 14 Unit Assessment Support (Package 2)
Feb 14 Higher Specimen Question Paper
Mar 14 Coursework General Assessment Information
Apr 14 Unit Assessment Support (Package 3)
May 14 Update Mandatory Documents
Jun 14 Update Unit Assessment Support
PsychologyUnit Assessment
at Higher
PsychologyUnit Assessment
at Higher
Unit assessment - recapUnit 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 Unit Assessment Support purpose
As at National 5, 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
Unit Assessment Support at HigherUnit Assessment Support at Higher – key features – key features
• Valid from August 2014
• 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 Unit assessment support packages at Higher - approachespackages at Higher - approaches
Package 1 • Unit by Unit approach – discrete assessment
tasks for each UnitPackage 2 • Portfolio approach – naturally occurring
evidence Package 3 • Combined approach – groups Outcomes and
Assessment Standards from different Units
Assessment Support Package ExampleAssessment Support Package Example
Unit by Unit approach:
•Discrete assessment tasks for each Unit •Psychology: Research•Psychology: Individual Behaviour•Psychology: Social Behaviour
Assessment Support Package ExampleAssessment Support Package ExampleEach pack covers• Outcome and assessment standards • Overview of assessment • Evidence to be gathered• Judging evidence table • Recording documentation • Appendix 1 – assessment for candidates
Assessment Support Package ExampleAssessment Support Package Example
Unit by Unit approach:
key issues • Columns 1 – 3 in the judging evidence table set
out the standard for Unit assessment. • Column 4 offers guidance and is different in each
pack• re-assessment only on Outcome or Assessment
Standard that has not been met
Workshop AimsWorkshop Aims
• To understand the assessment and evidence requirements of the Unit Assessment Support for the Higher Units provided
• To consider a range of ways of generating evidence for the Higher Unit Assessment Support provided
Workshop TaskWorkshop TaskIn small groups of 2-3, choose one Unit to look at and discuss: •the assessment task in the Unit Assessment Support provided •how to generate evidence for the Unit Assessment Support provided•how to make assessment judgments for the Unit Assessment Support provided
PsychologyHigher Course Assessment
PsychologyHigher Course Assessment
Course Assessment at HigherCourse Assessment at Higher• Course Assessment at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher
assesses Added Value
• Courses at Higher are normally assessed by one or two Components
• Courses at Higher are graded A – D, as at present
• Controlled Assessment of setting, conducting and marking
• For Psychology there are 2 Components
– Assignment
– Question Paper
Higher psychology - Assignment Higher psychology - Assignment Setting; conducting and marking•Set by SQA
– Research Assignment • building on current good practice • Independent of Unit assessment
– 40 marks– Word limits
•Conducted under some supervision – Guidance on authentication of candidate work
•Marked by SQA– Criteria for marking based on application of skills knowledge and
understanding
Higher psychology – Question Paper Higher psychology – Question Paper Setting; conducting and marking• Set by SQA– 3 sections with questions of a total value of 20 marks
in each section– Samples from mandatory content as set out in the
Course Assessment Specification – May use scenarios
• Conducted under controlled conditions– 1 hour 30 minutes
Marked by SQA – 60 marks
Progression from National 5Progression from National 5• National 5 assignment:– Skills knowledge and understanding are benchmarked
at SCQF level 5 – Assignment task is to plan a piece of small scale
research
• Higher assignment– Skills knowledge and understanding are benchmarked
at SCQF level 6 – Assignment task is the candidate’s report of their own
primary research, based on a research brief
Progression from National 5Progression from National 5National 5 Question Paper:
– Skills knowledge and understanding are benchmarked at SCQF level 5
– 50 marks
Higher Question Paper– Skills knowledge and understanding are benchmarked at
SCQF level 6 – 60 Marks– Can sample a greater breadth of knowledge and
understanding
Workshop 2: AimWorkshop 2: Aim
• To understand the requirements of Higher Course Assessments
• Materials provided:– FIOCA: Further Information on Course
Assessment
Workshop 2: TaskWorkshop 2: TaskFollowing on from your discussion in Workshop 1, and using the materials provided, discuss:•the requirements of the Higher Course Assessment •how these requirements build on the Higher Units•how these requirements build on National 5