New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events Physics Advanced Higher Course Assessment

Course Assessment at Advanced Higher Course Assessment at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher assess Added Value Courses are graded A – D, as at present For Physics there are 2 Components – a question paper and a project 100 marks (scaled) for the question paper 30 marks for the project

Course Assessment at Advanced Higher: Support Points of Change Higher and Advanced Higher Education Scotland resources for revised Advanced Higher Exemplar Question Paper Guidance on the use of Past Paper Questions Course and Unit Support Notes

Advanced Higher – Question Paper  Assesses ability to retain and integrate knowledge and understanding from across the Course content  The weighting is approximately proportionate to the Units  Structure similar to existing Revised Advanced Higher Physics  100 Marks – has scaling, see next slide  Duration - 2 hours 30 minutes

Advanced Higher – Question Paper  Consists of a mix of restricted, extended response and open ended questions which has 140 marks. This will be scaled to 100 marks.  Sampling across the Units  No ½ marks  2 open-ended questions

Advanced Higher – Project  The project is worth 30 marks  The project will require the candidate to carry out an in-depth study of a Physics topic  The topic will be chosen by the candidate (to be reviewed by the assessor) who will investigate/research the underlying Physics  The Investigating Physics Unit can be used as a basis for the Project  Marked by SQA

Project – supervision and control The project will be conducted under some supervision and control. This means that although candidates may complete part of the work outwith the learning and teaching setting, assessors should put in place processes for monitoring progress and ensuring that the work is the candidate’s own and that plagiarism has not taken place.

Advanced Higher – Project Criteria Marks Allocation Abstract (summary)1 Introduction (underlying physics)4 Procedures7 Results (including uncertainties)8 Discussion (conclusion and evaluation)8 Presentation2 Total30

Advanced Higher – Project Comparison RevisedCfE CategoryMarkCategoryMark Abstract (summary)1 Introduction4 (underlying physics) 4 Procedures6 7 Results6 (including uncertainties) 8 Discussion6 (conclusion and evaluation) 8 Presentation3 2 Total2530

Physics Workshop 2 Course Assessment To understand the requirements of Advanced Higher Course assessment

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