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.