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Chemistry & C S (Chemistry)

SBA Teachers’ Conference

(19 Oct 2019)

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Supervisors’ Remarks

Chemistry : 12119 students (431 schools) submitted SBA marks CS(Chem) : 563 students (51 schools) submitted SBA marks

Moderation (statistical methods and professional judgment)

Chemistry :54.8% of schools within expected range 30.4% of schools higher than expected 14.8% of schools lower than expected CS(Chem) : 56.9% of schools within expected range 23.5% of schools higher than expected 19.6% of schools lower than expected

For those higher or lower than expected, majority only deviate slightly from expected range

General Remarks on SBA (1 of 2) Type of Assessment Tasks:

V.A. – for training and assessing basic skills for volumetric analysis

Q.A. – for training and assessing of thinking skills, simple tests on cations, and/or anions (minimum requirement) Note:

Scope and depth of Q.A. need not be similar to those of the AL Chemistry Practical Examination.

Should NOT include experiments like “identification of functional groups of some organic compounds”

EXPT - similar to those suggested in the Curriculum and Assessment Guide, For ‘Chemistry’, they should be other than V.A. and Q.A. For ‘CS(Chem)’, they should be other than V.A.

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General Remarks on SBA (2 of 2)

• Products:

• Worksheet, quiz and brief / detailed laboratory report, etc. are all acceptable.

• Writing detailed laboratory reports is definitely a good training.

• Feedbacks to students - for facilitating students’ improvement. Students should be encouraged to reflect on / discuss with teachers to understand their own strengths and areas for improvement.

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Students’ Written Works (Reports, worksheets, quizzes)

Basic requirement of SBA

Performance in Carrying Out Experiments

Optional, recommended if deemed appropriate

The related marks should be indicated clearly on the submitted students’ works samples

Students’ Attitude Should NOT be assessed in SBA

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Assessment

• Some observations for deliberations:

• Narrow mark distribution within a class

• Some extreme cases, most students got very high marks / most students got very low marks

• Recommendations:

• Use marking guidelines / marking schemes

• Teachers may modify the task requirements / worksheet items according to the general abilities of the students in a class, for example,

• add some challenging items for classes of more able students, or

• introduce some straight forward items for classes of less able / less motivated students 6

More on Assessment

Still on Assessment • Teachers can use worksheets from textbooks or

tasks provided by publishers, but

• ensure the students cannot obtain the standard/reference answers before the SBA assessment

• modify the standard worksheets

• use other means to enhance validity and reliability

• Teachers can use quizzes (“SBA Quiz”), but the assessment items should closely related to a performed experiment.

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Still More on Assessment • Marks vs Grades

• Marks (10,9,8, … 1) Preferred / Recommended

• Grades (A, B, C, … Acceptable (need to have a mark-grade conversion tables)

• For schools with more than one chemistry classes:

• Teachers should perform school-based standardization, to standardize the SBA tasks and marking standards.

• Students in a school should be assessed on tasks of similar nature, complexity and required skills. 8

• Please use the template provided

• Teachers may use their own format, but please include sufficient amount of details for communication

• Include all the experiments performed, not only those assessed.

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Remarks on Experiment List (1/2)

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Remarks on Experiment List (2/2)

• Avoid

• Late submissions

• Incomplete list e.g. only titles of assessed experiments

• Include all experiments performed in the list

• Uninformative experiment titles

• E.g. QA01, VA01, EXPT05

Remarks on Scanned Reports • Avoid

• Missing reports

• Missing pages in the scanned PDF file, e.g. all even pages were missing

• Only students’ answers on the worksheet, without details of experiments

• Advise your students to avoid

• faint handwritings – e.g. pencils / light-green pens

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SBA work plan for 2019-20

Submission requirements in 2019-20 (Ref: School circular in late Sept)

Month/Year Events

19 Oct 2019 SBA annual conference

Sep 2019 – Jun 2020 S6 and S5 SBA activities to be conducted by schools

8 Jan – 7 Feb 2020 Online Submission of SBA marks, Student work samples,

and ‘S5 and S6 Lists of experiments’ for 2020 Exam

(Use experiment list template provided at HKEAA

website: SBA Forms SBA Mark Templates)

Mar – May 2020 Moderation of S6 SBA marks by the HKEAA

May–Jun 2020 Email ‘S5 Lists of experiments for 2021 Exam’ to District

Coordinator

Jul 2020 Release of HKDSE results

Sep – Oct 2020 Provision of feedback on the outcome of the SBA

moderation of 2020 HKDSE to schools

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S5 + S6 (2020 Exam)

Requirements

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School

Year

Chemistry

Minimum number of

assessment marks

Subject

weighting

S5 2 10%

S6 2 10%

Over the two years of S5 and S6, there should be at least one mark for Volumetric Analysis (VA), one mark for Qualitative Analysis (QA) and two marks for Other Experiments (EXPT).

Investigative Study (IS) can be done in lieu of Other Experiments (EXPT). In this case, one mark on ‘planning’ and one mark on ‘process and reporting’ should be awarded. These two marks can satisfy the minimum requirement for Other Experiments (EXPT).

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On-line Mark Submission Screen ---Chemistry

S5 (10%) S6 (10%)

Student Name V V Q Q E E V Q E E E E

(Note: V= VA, Q = QA, E = EXPT) (Note : maximum mark per task : 10)

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In SBAS, system checks: At least any 2 marks per student in S5 At least any 2 marks per student in S6 At least 1V, 1Q, 2E per student in S5+S6

Chemistry

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School

Year

Combined Science (Chemistry)

Minimum number

of assessment

marks

Subject weighting

S5 1 5%

S6 1 5%

Over the two years of S5 and S6, there should be at least one mark for Volumetric Analysis (VA) and one mark for Other Experiments (EXPT).

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On-line Mark Submission Screen ---Combined Science (Chemistry)

(Note: V= VA, E = EXPT) (Note : maximum mark per task : 10)

S5 (5%) S6 (5%)

Student Name V V E V E E

In SBAS, system checks: At least any 1 mark per student in S5 At least any 1 mark per student in S6 At least 1V, 1E per student in S5+S6

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Combined Science (Chemistry)

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Requirements for 2021 Exam (Same as 2020)

Please refer to 2021 SBA Teachers’ Handbook.

HKEAA will inform schools requesting teachers to email to

District Coordinators the ‘List of Experiments Performed in S5’ at around May 2020.

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School-based Assessment System (SBAS)

S5 + S6 Submissions

(2020 Exam)

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S5 and S6 Marks Student Work samples

S5 and S6 Experiment Lists

What to submit

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8 Jan – 7 Feb 2020 SBA Marks, Student Work and Teacher

Document (Expt. Lists) are submitted in the same period.

Please submit SBA marks to principal for endorsement in advance to allow sufficient time for completion of other submissions.

When to submit

Formal approval from HKEAA is required for exemption of SBA marks. If a student has fulfilled the minimum requirements, exemption is not required. No need to enter any symbol in the respective mark cell(s).

Points to note before submission

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Overview of the SBA submission process

School

Administrator

•Create/Update login accounts for teachers and panels

• Indicate the SBA subjects being offered in this school year

•Assign SBA subjects to panels and teachers

Subject

Panel

(1st stage)

• Create teaching groups

• Assign students to teaching groups

• Assign teachers to teaching groups

Subject

Teacher

• Input SBA marks (online input or batch input using the mark template)

•Endorse SBA marks of responsible teaching group(s)

• Submit SBA Marks to Panel

Subject

Panel

(2nd stage)

•Endorse SBA marks submitted by all teachers of a subject

• If necessary, return to teacher for amendments

• Submit SBA Marks to Principal

Principal

•Endorse SBA marks for all subjects

• If necessary, return to panel to handle

• Submit SBA Marks to HKEAA

Subject

Panel

(Last stage)

•Upload Student Work of all selected students

•Upload Teacher Document if required

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Reminders Only student work with marks

submitted to HKEAA are required.

The work for each student should be zipped to one single file if the work contains more than one file.

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Reminders Uploading space allowed for each student work:

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If scanning needed is, advise students to use A4 paper to do their homework.

If one or two reports were lost, mark in the first page of the student work file, e.g. Chan Tai Man has lost report #2 and #5.

Attach questions/guidelines in the student work file for the convenience of checking by District Coordinators.

Reminders

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Reminders Teacher Document for Chemistry, means

S5+S6 List of Experiments performed.

Please make use of the template provided at HKEAA website:

SBA Forms SBA Mark Templates

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Request for a change of student(s) for work submission If the work of any chosen student cannot be located, or

involves any irregularities (such as mark penalty being imposed due to partial plagiarism or late submission), the Subject Panel should contact the SBA Team at 3628 8068.

Subject Panel should download the ‘Record/Change of SBA Student Work Submission’ form from ‘Mark Reports’ under ‘Reports’ menu.

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2020 – Chemistry 化學

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Request for a change of student(s) for work submission

Complete the section for the school and fax the form to 3628 8091.

After confirming the arrangement, the HKEAA will fax the amended form to the school for school’s record.

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Available on HKEAA website by November 2019 (https://www.hkdse.hkeaa.edu.hk)

User Manual

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Enquiry Hotlines General Issues: 3628-8860 3628-8070

Subject Matters: 3628-8068 3628-8064

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Briefing Sessions (tentative) Jan 2020

Enrollment: Details will be sent to schools later

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Date: Jan 2020

Duration: 1.5 hour per session

Mode:

Practice using the SBAS to process simulated SBA marks

Technical assistance provided on spot

Details: coming school circular

Hands-on Training Workshops

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• Accommodation • Applying for exemption (if applicable)

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• Contact the SBA Team of the HKEAA for questions related to logistical arrangements

• Discuss with your District Coordinator for subject-related questions

• Explain to the student the accommodation, or why no accommodation is necessary

• Mark in the student work the kind of accommodation / exemption involved if being selected to be submitted to the HKEAA

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