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All rights reserved.\n2\nOutline for the session\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nMark schemes and how we apply them\nPractical related questions in GCSE sciences\nExercise using student work\n3\nMark schemes and how we apply them\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nWhat is the mark scheme for?\nOur GCSE Science mark schemes\nPoints-based mark schemes\nLevels of response mark schemes\n4\nWhat is the mark scheme for?\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nTo evaluate the evidence from each student fairly\nTo reward positive achievement\nTo differentiate purely on evidence of subject knowledge, understanding and skills\nTo fully and consistently reflect the agreed interpretation of command words\nTo fully reflect the purpose of each assessment\nTo credit appropriate responses that reflect the different ways in which learners may demonstrate what they know, understand and can do\n5\nStructure of our GCSE Science mark schemes\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nThe ‘Information to examiners’ section:\ngeneral guidance on the parts of the mark scheme\nexplicit guidance on what parts of the mark scheme mean and how they should be applied\nmarking levels of response questions\nexactly the same for all GCSE Sciences.\nDetailed mark scheme for each question:\nspecific guidance on what is/is not acceptable\npoints or levels of response marked.\n6\nPoints-based mark schemes\nMarks given for each correct point a student gives\nExplicitly define correct (and incorrect) answers\nEmphasis is on the correctness of the response, not the quality\nUsually used for lower-tariff questions (\u003C10 marks)\nIf well written are very reliable\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n7\nLevels of response mark schemes\nUsed for open questions where there is a variety of ways for students to arrive at a mark\nReward the overall quality of the answer\nDivide performance into chunks of marks (levels) on a continuum\nDescribes the performance at each level\nGeneric level descriptors linked to specific command words\nSame descriptors apply to all GCSE sciences\nSection of indicative content specific to each question\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n8\nPractical related questions in GCSE sciences\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nRegulatory requirements\nHow do we assess practical skills?\nCommon issues with practical related questions in Summer 2018\n9\nRequirements for assessment of practical skills\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nAssessment in relation to practical work:\nthe number of marks is no less than 15% of all the marks allocated.\nall three assessment objectives must be covered\nquestions and tasks must draw on the theoretical and practical aspects of experimentation\nstudents are required to show and apply:     knowledge and understanding of practical activities      scientific thinking      use experimental skills and strategies     analyse and evaluate information.\n10\nHow do we assess practical skills?\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nPlanning, explaining and evaluating procedures\nKnowledge and understanding of how to use apparatus and techniques\nUnderstanding of sampling techniques\nSafety and risk management in practical contexts\nUnderstanding and appropriate use of scientific terminology, eg accuracy, precision, variables, uncertainty\nReading scales or taking measurements\nAppropriate mathematical procedures and analysis\n11\nCommon issues in Summer 2018\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nLack understanding about the science underlying the practical's - model of osmosis cell and transects chemicals that make a salt and electrolysis acceleration and density.\nDidn’t fully understand why they had carried out each step in the practical.\nUnclear why they had taken ","cbCaisXWIFb6sj4w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisXWIFb6sj4w","pptx",2794211,22,"English","# Outline for the session\n## Mark schemes and how we apply them\n## Practical related questions in GCSE sciences\n## Exercise using student work\n# Mark schemes and how we apply them\n## What is the mark scheme for?\n## Structure of our GCSE Science mark schemes\n## Points-based mark schemes\n## Levels of response mark schemes\n# Practical related questions in GCSE sciences\n## Regulatory requirements\n## How do we assess practical skills?\n## Requirements for assessment of practical skills\n## How do we assess practical skills?\n## Common issues in Summer 2018\n## Practical questions on Trilogy paper1\n# Exercise using student work\n## Structure of a required practical question\n## Marks awarded\n# How did we do?\n## Please rate this session","[{\"question\":\"What are the key purposes of a mark scheme in GCSE science practical questions?\",\"answer\":\"To evaluate evidence fairly, reward positive achievement, differentiate using subject knowledge and skills, and reflect agreed interpretations of command words. 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