Seminar on AS Liberal Studies Project Work
Transcript of Seminar on AS Liberal Studies Project Work
Seminar on AS Liberal
Studies Project Work
Marking Guidelines and
Project Marking
CDI and HKEAA
October 2008
Items to be covered
� Principles of Marking
� Marking guidelines
� Project marking
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Principles of Marking – Types of
Assessment
Formative
Assessment –
Continuous
assessment,
assessment for
learning
Summative Assessment –
Result oriented,
assessment of
learning
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Principles of Marking – report
performance based
• How well does the report itself fulfill the assessment requirements?
• How good is the report itself self-contained?
• What would happen if the project is marked by another LS teacher based on the same criteria?
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Principles of Marking - Dilemmas
Product
oriented
Process
oriented
Attitude and value of the process: pro-active, motivation
Quality of final product
Process improvement: good planning, self reliance
Static final product performance
Teachers’ role: facilitating, supervision
Exam board’s role: comparability across different schools
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Principles of Marking – Assessor
Role Change
Teacher,
facilitator,
supervisor
Independent
Assessor
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Principles of Marking – Report
Mark the
REPORT (the
final product)
Refer to the
marking
guidelines for
product
Rank the reports
according to the
quality of the
reports
Fully utilize the
mark range, i.e.
1 – 9 marks
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Marking Guidelines
FOUR Factors:
• Content
• Originality Report
• Presentation
• Initiative Process
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Marking Guidelines
Factor Weighting
Content 3
Originality 2
Presentation 1
Initiative 1
Nine-Point Scale
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Needs
Improvement
Satisfactory
Achievement
Outstanding
Achievement
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Marking Guidelines – Three grading
Grids
• Structure of project
• Clarity and style
• Data representation and reference
• Spelling and Grammar
• Overall presentation
Presentation
• Evaluation
• Ideas
• Method selection
• Overall approach
• Result
Originality
• Concept
• Problem definition
• Literature review
• Research methods
• Analysis
Content
Items Factor
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Project Marking – Analytic marking
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8
2
4 6
25/5=5
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Project Marking – Tips
Understanding the marking requirements
Following the marking guidelines
Checking against the report with the marking guidelines
Fresh marking
Utilize the full mark range
Differentiating the performance of students according to the marking guidelines
Ranking for reviewing
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Project Marking – Common Errors (e.g.)
Problem definition � too broad, no focus, descriptive
Focusing questions � none, too broad, disjointed
Content � topic focus shifted, repeated
Concepts � undefined, not well elaborated,
missing in analysis
Data collection methods � inappropriate or
biased (e.g. questionnaire), confusing (e.g.
interviews)
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Project Marking – Common Errors (e.g.)
Data analysis descriptive rather than analytical, not well articulated
Data presentation selective, ambiguous
Findings and conclusion unrelated data
analysed, copied from other people’s work (e.g. internet, magazines, books)
Referencing, citation not properly stated
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Project Marking – General administration
No marks, marking signs and remarks in the reports
Confirming the word count
Giving general comments (use Project Log –
Part B)
On-line mark submission (Starting from 2009)
Mark deduction done by the HKEAA
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Thank You!