2015 ICT SBA

Teachers’ Seminar

ICT SBA Seminar (18 Oct 14)

9:30 Introduction

9:45 SBA System for 2015 Exam

10:00 SBA Arrangement for 2015 & 2016

10:20 Sharing (DC)

10:30 Q&A session

11:15 Break

11:30 Meeting with District Coordinators

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2014 SBA

• 438 schools, 6,965 school candidates

• 1 SBA supervisor, 25 district coordinators

• 1 plagiarism case

2014 SBA Moderation

Lower than expected

Within range Higher than expected

20.1% 57.3% 22.6%

2014 Conduct of SBA(1)

• Advise

– Prototype of ICT applications

– Summarisation of data/info collected & further in-depth analysis with critical thinking

– Flexibility to plan & do the project for individual students

– Focus on quality instead of quantity of project scope

2014 Conduct of SBA(2)

• Advise

– Time spent on SBA at a reasonable level

– Same language as the medium of instruction (MOI) (check with school’s MOI policy)

– Strong coordination with the ICT teachers of other classes in school for a unified standard of assessment

2015 SBA Arrangement

SBA Teachers’ Handbook 1. FOUR assessment categories

(Section 2.1, 2.4, Appendix F) 2. Record of project work

(Section 2.3) 3. Handling of Malpractice (Section 6, Appendices E

& F) • Start from 2014 Exam

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Marking

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• Design & Implementation 25

• Testing & Evaluation 10

• Conclusion & Discussion 10

• Project Management 5 Total: 50

Assessment Record

• Appendix F of SBA Teachers’ Handbook

• Mark for each criterion remains unchanged

• Full mark = 50

• Project Management = 5

• S6 School repeaters / transfer students

– S6 only

– No “Design” ; “Implementation” = 15

– Full mark = 40

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Record of Project Work

• Recorded in written documents, e.g.

– Project reports

– Point form

• Or, recorded in other formats when appropriate

– Accessible for rechecking

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Documents to be submitted • Marks entered submit to subject panel endorsed by subject panel 6 samples are randomly chosen

– Submit 6 zip files; each zip file contains (< 15 MB)

– A project report with the project title

– Assessment record (with comment)

– Project work (optional)

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SBA Moderation

• Statistical moderation w.r.t. Paper 1

• Review of samples of students’ work

• Booklet “Moderation of SBA Scores in the HKDSE” - available for download from www.hkeaa.edu.hk

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Handling of Malpractice

• Start from 2014 Exam

• Student Declaration Form (Appendix E)

• Plagiarism Report (Appendix G)

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Conclusion (SBA plagiarism) • Declaration form (one form, S5 & S6, S4 if

applicable)

• Serious plagiarism cases SBA System, enter P Handled by HKEAA

• Less serious plagiarism cases handled by schools

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Coming Events (2014)

• Mid-Nov: Survey on Mid-term Review

• 27 Nov: ICT Consultation on Mid-term review

– Enrolment (TCS)

– Kln Tong, EDB

• 28, 29 Nov: Briefing sessions on 2014 Exam

– Enrolment (TCS)

– Lam Tai Fai College

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Way forward

• 2015: Four assessment categories; record of project work

• 2016 & 2017: SQL commands, spreadsheet functions and symbols used in ER diagrams provided in the question papers for 2016 Exam & 2017 Exam are the same

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