introducing unit specifications and unit assessment support packs economics national 5
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Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs
Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs
Economics National 5
Unit AssessmentUnit Assessment
Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one Unit or Outcome – combined assessments
Flexible and open Evidence Requirements in Units Greater range of techniques and methodologies for
assessment – encouraged through Unit assessment support packages
More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching
Unit StructureUnit Structure
NATIONAL 3 NATIONAL 4 NATIONAL 5
N/A N/A Economics of the Market
N/A N/A UK Economic Activity
N/A N/A Global Economic Activity
Key points: Economics UnitsKey points: Economics Units
standards remain the same feature the best approaches presently used have a hierarchical Unit structure that provide
progression from National 5 to Higher
Unit SpecificationsUnit Specifications
Unit Economics of the Market (N5)
Outcome 3 Apply knowledge and understanding of the concepts of demand and supply in a market economy by:
3.1 Using information to prepare and label a demand curve and a supply curve accurately, illustrating the equilibrium point
3.2 Identifying determinants of demand and determinants of supply
3.3 Using a diagram to illustrate how a change in any of the identified determinants affects equilibrium price and quantity traded
Unit SpecificationsUnit Specifications
Evidence Requirements for this Unit:Assessors should use their professional judgement, subject knowledge and experience, and understanding of their learners, to determine the most appropriate ways to generate evidence and the conditions and contexts in which they are used. Evidence can be drawn from a variety of sources and presented in a variety of formats with learners using appropriate economic terminology and using relevant examplesEvidence can be gathered in combination with other Outcomes, from this Unit, for the unit as a whole, or in combination with the Outcomes from other units. Evidence may also be gathered for individual Outcomes where appropriate.
Unit Assessment Support Packages - purposeUnit Assessment Support Packages - purpose
UASPs can be used to:
•Assess your candidates
•Adapt for your own assessment programmes
•Help you develop your own assessments
UASPs – key featuresUASPs – key features
Valid from August 2013
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 and how this is to be judged against Assessment Standards
ECONOMICS UASPsECONOMICS UASPs
Package 1 Unit by Unit approach– discrete assessment tasks
for each Unit at N5 – each assessment has at least 2 tasks.
Package 2 Unit by Unit approach– discrete assessment tasks
for each Unit at N5 – each assessment has one task.Package 3 Combined approach – one assessment which covers
all 3 units.
N5 Internal Assessment of Course ComponentsN5 Internal Assessment of Course Components
Controlled assessment is SQA’s approach to developing assessments (setting), the conditions of assessment (conducting), and marking assessments (marking).
SQA is introducing controlled assessment for non-question paper components of the Added Value Unit and new National Courses at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher.
N5 Performance (speaking and listening)N5 Performance (speaking and listening)
Controlled assessment
This performance is: set by centres within SQA guidelines conducted under a high degree of supervision and control Evidence will be internally marked by centre staff in line with SQA marking instructions. Marking will be quality assured by SQA. The performance will be recorded.
Moving onMoving on
Workshop 1 and 2 will give you the opportunity to look at the Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packages in detail.