CIE generic PowerPoint template - Center for the Future of Arizona
Transcript of CIE generic PowerPoint template - Center for the Future of Arizona
Sherry Reach
Regional Manager, Americas
18 December 2012
Cambridge IGCSE
Excellence For All Overview
• We are Europe’s largest assessment agency
and our tests are underpinned by our
substantial research program
• We are at the heart of a global learning
community including more than 9000 schools
• We work in partnership with educators
worldwide, including 25 national
governments, and the NCEE MOWR
Excellence For All project
A department of the University of Cambridge
Developing successful students
Students build:
• knowledge
• learning skills
• critical thinking skills
• problem solving
skills
Cambridge students
become independent
learners
The learner is at the heart of what we do
Assessment
Teaching Curriculum
Promoting good practice in
teaching and learning
Offering choice within a flexible, relevant curriculum framework
Setting international standards in assessment
Aims
Assessment Objectives
Description of assessment components
Curriculum content
Including detailed summary of what candidates should
know, understand and be able to do
Grade descriptions
Resource list, including texts and much more
The subject syllabus is where it
begins…
www.cie.org.uk
Suits a wide range of abilities
Core level: all students
Extended level: more
able students
Coursework : adapt for
local context
One-year or two-year
course
Assessment Objectives for Biology
Knowledge with understanding (50% - not more
than 25% recall)
Handling information and problem solving (30%)
Experimental skills and investigation (20%)
Question papers include
Questions that Require knowledge
Gradually remove scaffolding
Require the application of knowledge in unfamiliar contexts
Encourage connections to be made between topic areas or concepts
IGCSE Literature (English): Assessment
Objectives
Show detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts in the three main forms (Drama, Poetry, Prose) 25%
Understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes 25%
Recognize and appreciate ways in which writers use language, structure and form to create and shape meanings and effects (= application) 25%
Communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts 25%
Example Literature Question
In this story, Conrad has left his car near the ‘red zone’ – a no-parking area of the city in which he works. He comes back to find that some people are enjoying watching it being towed away.
Read the passage below carefully and then explore how the writing makes you feel sympathy for Conrad and how it is amusing at the same time.
You should include in your answer a response to:
• Conrad’s situation
• the characters and the words they use
• the way the incident is narrated.
Grade description (Literature in English)
a Grade A candidate will have demonstrated the ability to:
sustain a perceptive and convincing response with well-chosen
detail of narrative and situation
demonstrate clear critical/analytical understanding of the author’s
intentions and the text’s deeper implications and the attitudes it
displays
make much well-selected reference to the text
respond sensitively and in detail to the way language works in
the text
communicate a considered and reflective personal response to
the text
A* student
Conrad’s situation is not a strange one; it is one most readers may not have experienced but would be familiar with. Wolfe’s narration enables us to feel sympathy for many reasons. The first, and simplest, is that he appears to have been wronged: he remembered parking his car outside the red zone. In addition to this, the “giant” tow truck operator and the meter maid do not listen to what he says and virtually ignore him. In the end Conrad loses, only to be mocked by a crowd of bystanders. “Woooo-eeeee” (Paragraph 23) they call at him, when the meter maid rebuffs his appeals. Conrad is not merely helpless; he is turned into a public and humiliating joke. It is impossible not to feel sympathy for him in this situation.
C student
Although this story makes you feel sympathy for Conrad, it is at the same time amusing due to the fact that the lady and the giant man paid less attention to him and this made him look somehow stupid as it was like he was talking himself.
Another amusing thing about this story is the way Conrad negotiates for his car. He speaks on top of his voice and this makes passers-by think there is a fight which is about to erupt.
Supporting Teaching
Standards booklets to help teachers understand the level
Outline course plans
Range of textbooks endorsed by Cambridge
Online discussion forums for teachers
10 sets of past exams with answers (except for newly developed American History)
Feedback on examinations (report from senior examiners)
FRESHMAN YEAR CAMBRIDGE SOPHOMORE YEAR CAMBRIDGE Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 1 Semester 2
Mathematics - includes Algebra and Geom. Mathematics (con't) - includes Algebra and Geometry
Coordinated Science - includes Bio., Chem., and Physics
(will have 2 choices for scoring labs: “Coursework” which is a lab designed by a coursework accredited
teacher and Cambridge approved OR a lab done under test conditions on a date set by Cambridge)
OR Biology (same lab scoring choices)
Coordinated Science (con't) OR
Chemistry OR
Physics
English First Language or English as a Second Language
English Literature
History (“World”) History (American)
Art and Design (either 2D, 3D or other option) OR
Drama OR Music OR CTE elective
Note: These are all one-year courses and could be taken in freshman or sophomore year
Art and Design (either 2D, 3D or other option) OR
Drama OR Music OR CTE elective
Note: These are all one-year courses and could be taken in freshman or sophomore year
Electives (optional) Foreign Language or Economics or
Global Perspectives or Computer Studies or other local / Cambridge elective (e.g. Cambridge agriculture
or travel & tourism)
Electives (optional) Foreign Language or Economics or
Global Perspectives or Computer Studies or other local / Cambridge elective (e.g. Cambridge agriculture,
or travel & tourism)
Our syllabi provide learners with the foundation to achieve high
levels of academic and personal learning in an engaging way.
Together with schools, we aim to develop learners who are:
• Confident in working with information and
ideas – their own and those of others
• Responsible for themselves, responsive
to and respectful of others
• Reflective as learners, developing their
ability to learn
• Innovative and equipped for new and
future challenges
• Engaged intellectually and socially, and
ready to make a difference
A Learner-Centered approach
Ideal Target Date Deliverable
December - February Send Cambridge completed School Application Form Excellence For All Pilot Commitment Letter Submission to NCEE
January - March • Cambridge School Orientation Workshop: Introductory training for administrators and Cambridge teacher support overview presentation for teachers
19 February 2013 (deadline option 2)
Register teachers for Spring Session intro level On-Line training for English, Math, Science, History course accessible 25 Feb– 19 May2013. School must be registered with Cambridge to participate in this training.
Late April / Early May 2013 June – July 2013
Three Day Face to Face Teacher Training Conference – location TBD Order Long Distance Coursework Training Packs Teachers complete training course materials and send to Cambridge by August
Getting Started with Cambridge
Cambridge Lower Division Implementation Cost
Summary
$ 750 Cambridge Orientation Workshop (conducted on school site)
$ 1500 pp
(inc. travel)
Yr 1 Teacher PD – coursework accreditation training 9th grade
teachers (c. $50 pp), online intro course ($50 pp), face to face
($500) for grade 9 teachers
$183 pp Yr 1 Student Exam fees / mailing $61 pp per 9th grade subject
(English Lang., World History, Biology)
$500 pp
(inc. travel)
Yr 2 Teacher PD –online intermediate course ($200 pp), best
practices training (c. $125 pp)
$305 pp
(includes
Fine Arts)
Yr 2 Student Exam fees / mailing $61 pp for 10th grade Eng
Lit, Am. History, Chemistry or Physics, Math, Fine Arts (or
local CTE)
$ 5460 Year 2 Cambridge School Annual Registration Fee (waived 1st
year.) Due October of year 2 if annual spending on exams /
training fees does not exceed $11,500.
Total Cost Summary
$ 750
Cambridge Orientation Workshop (conducted on school site)
$488 pp
(includes
Fine Arts)
Student Exam fees / mailing costs
$2000 pp
(includes
travel est.)
Teacher PD / Coursework Accreditation
$ 5460
Year 2 Cambridge School Annual Registration Fee (waived
1st year.) Due October of year 2 if annual spending on exams
/ training fees does not exceed $11,500.
Learn more!
Getting in touch with
Cambridge is easy
Email us at
or telephone
011 44 1223 553554
www.cie.org.uk