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Understanding Standards: Chemistry National 3 to Advanced Higher An Overview of Standards and Assessment

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Aims To provide subject specialists with a general overview of the standards for both Unit and Course assessments.

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What this Presentation Covers Course Structure Assessing Outcome 1 of a standard Unit Assessing Outcome 2 of a standard Unit Assessing National 4 Added Value Unit Assessing Higher Researching Chemistry Unit Assessing Advanced Higher Researching Chemistry Unit Higher & National 5 Course Assessment Question Paper National 5 Course Assessment Assignment Higher Course Assessment Assignment Advanced Higher Course Assessment Question paper Advanced Higher Course Assessment Project report

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Course Structure

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Level Number of Units Course Assessment National 33Internally assessed National 44Internally assessed National 53 Question paper Assignment report Higher4 Question paper Assignment report Advanced Higher3 Question paper Project report

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National 3 to Higher Units Each level has three standard Units - Chemical Changes and Structure - Natures Chemistry - Chemistry in Society Each of these Units has two Outcomes which are subdivided into a number of Assessment Standards. National 4 also has an Added Value Unit (AVU). Higher also has a Researching Chemistry Unit

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Advanced Higher Units Advanced Higher has two standard Units - Inorganic and Physical Chemistry - Organic Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis Each of these standard Units has two Outcomes which are subdivided into a number of Assessment Standards. Advanced Higher has a Researching Chemistry Unit This Unit also has two Outcomes and Outcome 1 is subdivided into three Assessment Standards..

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Unit Assessment All Units are internally assessed. Unit Assessment Support Packs (UASPs), published on the SQA secure site, provide: -Guidance for candidates -Suggested assessment activities -Conditions for assessment -Marking guidance