Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs National 1 and 2

Development of National 1 & 2  National 1 Developments  National 2 developments – 15 courses  Range of courses presents challenge to nominees  Access to all courses on secure site

National 2 Unit Assessments  Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one Unit or Outcome – unit by unit, combined & portfolio 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

Continuity & Progression National 1National 2National 3 Handling MoneyLifeskills Mathematics Investigating Length,Volume, Weight & Measurement Mandatory Units - 2 units Mandatory Units - 3 units Optional Units – 2 units

National 2 Unit Specification  standards remain the same  feature the best approaches of the current Mathematics in Everyday Situations Units  have a hierarchical Unit structure that provide progression from National 2 to National 5  all units focus on practical application  all candidates have opportunity to achieve units in each area e.g. money, time

Unit Specifications Unit Outcome 2 Assessment Standards Life skills Mathematics : Money Tackle situations involving money in real life contexts by : 2.1 Selecting appropriate calculations involving money 2.2 Carrying out calculations 2.3 Using the calculations to make a decision

Unit Specifications Evidence Requirements :  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 should be gathered in combination with other Outcomes where possible, either from this Unit or in combination with the Outcomes from the other Lifeskills Maths units. Evidence may also be gathered for individual Outcomes where appropriate.

Unit 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 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

National 2 UASPs Package 1  Unit by unit approach – assessment support which links assessment across outcomes within units Package 2  Combined approach – assessment support which links assessment of outcomes across units within the course Package 3  Portfolio approach – assessment support which assesses outcomes within units

Moving on  Workshop 1 and 2 will give you the opportunity to look at the Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packages in detail.