NSS Curriculum and Assessment Review –

HKDSE INTEGRATED SCIENCE

Ms Grace YauManager, HKEAA

31 May 2013

Survey Results – Public Exam

Agree 81%Disagree 0%No opinion 19%No. of respondents 32 *

Q.6 In view of the positive feedback from schools, no changesto the design of the 2016 HKDSE Public Examination are proposed, subject to regular review and continuous improvement in light of feedback from live examinations.

* Some respondents are schools that do not offer this subject

Written Comments on Public Exam:

Attach a periodic table to the question paper for students’ reference (x1)

卷設計理想，融合生活模式，ＧＯＯＤ！ (x1)

A periodic table showing some selected elements to be printed on both Papers 1 & 2 from 2014 Exam onwards

Fig. 19.1 A simplified modern periodic table, in which the elements are arranged in groups and periods

Chapter 19 The Modern Periodic Table

Survey Results – SBAQ.8 In view of the positive feedback from schools and the SBA 

requirements has been streamlined starting from the 2014 Examination, no further changes to the design of the 2016 HKDSE SBA are proposed, subject to regular review and continuous improvement in light of feedback from schools.

Agree 78%Disagree 3%No opinion 19%No. of respondents 32*

* Some respondents are schools that do not offer this subject

Written Comments on SBA:• Reduce/ Cancel SBA work (x1)

• The SBA mark submission should be changed to one in F.6, rather than two times in F.5 and F.6 respectively (x1)

• More SBA materials should be provided to teachers (x1)

• 開辦分享會，分享其他學校曾試推行ＳＢＡ的方向和設計意念，一年最少２次(x1)

• SBA of this subject seems to make use of the format and criteria of full X elective science subjects as references. But the students studying I.S. are those who cannot pick up a full X science elective subject. It is very demanding for these students to get the same achievement as the stronger students (x1)

No changes to be made for Public Examination and School-based Assessment in HKDSE Integrated Science

Decisions approved by the Joint CDC and HKEAA Public Examinations Board Meeting

Streamlined SBAStreamlined SBA Requirements

[Refer to Annex 7 of the circular ‘HKDSE Examination - Finalised Arrangements for the Streamlining of School-based Assessment (SBA)’, dated 28/2/2012]

One-off Submission of SBA Marks[Refer to the circulars:‘SBA S6 Work Submission for 2013 English Language and ‘One-off Submission’ of SBA Marks for the 2014 Examination and Beyond’, dated 10/12/2012;‘Moderation Arrangements for Network Programmes in 2013 HKDSE Examination and SBA Submission Arrangements for 2014 HKDSE Examination’, dated 15/3/2013]

New Online Submission System

Original SBA requirements

Minimum no. of assessment marks to be submittedArea A Area B

S5 1 (5%) 1 (5%)S6 1 (5%) 1 (5%)

Streamlined SBA requirements:2014 Exam and onwards

Minimum no. of assessment marks to be submitted

Practical related task Non-practical related taskArea A Area B

2012 & 2013 exams

S5 1 (5%) 1 (5%) Not applicableS6 1 (5%) 1 (5%)

2014 exam and thereafter

S5 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 1 (4%)S6 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 1 (4%)

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Submission of S5 SBA Teacher Documents for 2014 HKDSE Examination

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Please email to District Coordinator:List of Experiments performed in S5

Deadline: 5 June 2013

List of Experiments performed in S5

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One-off Submission of SBA Marks

In order to streamline the administrative procedures, schools are only required to submit all the S5 and S6 SBA marks to the HKEAA in one go in S6 starting from the 2014 HKDSE Examination.

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SBA Mark Templates for school INTERNAL record-keeping

To facilitate schools to store the SBA marks, SBA Mark Templates have been prepared for teachers to input the SBA marks for internal record-keeping. The templates are available at the following web pages:

www.hkeaa.edu.hk/tc/SBA/sba_hkdse/Marks_Template.html(Chinese)www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/SBA/sba_hkdse/Marks_Template.html English)

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As information like candidate numbers are not yet available for the time being, the SBA Mark Templates only serve to facilitate schools to input their SBA marks for internal record-keeping but are NOT used for submission purpose in S6.

Schools are free to adapt these Mark Templates or use other suitable means to keep their SBA marks in safe custody for submission in S6.

SBA Mark Templates for school INTERNAL record-keeping

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New Online Submission System

A new online submission system will be adopted for the mark submission of the 2014 examination. Schools will be informed of the details by the end of 2013.

Thank you