New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events Health and Food Technology:

Advanced Higher Course Assessment

Course Assessment at Advanced Higher

Course Assessment at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher assesses Added Value

Courses at Advanced Higher are graded A – D, as at present

Controlled Assessment of setting, conducting and marking

For Advanced Higher Health and Food Technology, there are two Components – a Question Paper and a Project

No dual running at Advanced Higher in session 2015-16

Advanced Higher HFT – Question Paper

Set and marked by SQA

Duration – 2 hours

The QP will have 40 marks 4 x 10 mark questions all questions will be mandatory command words used will be:

• Explain• Evaluate• Analyse

Advanced Higher HFT – Question Paper

The Question paper will include the following knowledge and understanding:

the relationships between food and health

food science

contemporary food issues affecting consumer choice

commercial food manufacture

Advanced Higher HFT - Project

Set by centres within SQA guidelines, conducted under some supervision, and submitted to SQA for marking

Investigate a current food issue

The Project will have 60 marks

• Project proposal • Research • Analysis and evaluation

3,000 – 4,000 words

New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events Health and Food Technology:

Course Assessment Workshops

Advanced Higher HFT Project

Now 60 marks (was 100)

Candidates may choose any appropriate scientific, sociological or technological issue

Word count is 3,000 – 4,000 words, excluding references, footnotes and appendices. Work in excess of 10% over the upper word count limit will not be marked. There is no penalty for work submitted in less than the lower word count limit.

No marks will be awarded for materials presented in the Appendix

  

Advanced Higher HFT ProjectStage 1: Project proposal (15 marks)1a Literature review (9 marks)1b Research question (1 mark)1c Research plan (5 marks)

Stage 2: Research (20 marks)2a Relevance and clarity (12 marks)2b Coverage (5 marks)2c Presentation of results (3 marks)

Stage 3: Analysis and evaluation (25 marks)3a Analysis (15 marks)3b Conclusions (5 marks)3c Evaluation of the research process (5 marks)

Using the groups of 2-3Identify subject-specific topics for discussion

  

Advanced Higher HFT Project

Marks will be awarded for demonstration of skills, ie knowledge and understanding, research skills, analysis and evaluation, rather than for evidence of the collection of a wide range of information

Candidates should review the information gathered from the results of their research and identify appropriate information for inclusion in the Project report

Candidates are required to include appropriate referencing in the text and a list of references

Using the groups of 2-3 Identify subject-specific topics for discussion

  

Workshop 2aCourse Assessment – Project

Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: Identify subject-specific topics for discussion

  Workshop AimTo understand the requirements of the Advanced Higher Health and Food Technology Project

Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3: Consider the ways the skills required in the Units prepare candidates to undertake the Projectthe additional learning and teaching that would need to take place before starting the Project

Advanced Higher HFT Question Paper

Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: Identify subject-specific topics for discussion

  Now 40 marks (was 75)

No choice of questions, but there is a degree of candidate choice within some questions

No report, though a question may include a short prompt

Marks will be awarded for demonstration of skills based on knowledge and understanding ie explaining, evaluating, analysing, rather than for demonstrating a wide range of knowledge

There is flexibility in marking to allow candidates to access the maximum available mark

Workshop 2bCourse Assessment – Question Paper

Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: Identify subject-specific topics for discussion

 Workshop Aim

To understand the requirements of the Advanced Higher Health and Food Technology Question Paper

Using the materials provided, in groups of 2-3: Consider: how the skills demonstrated in the Units prepare candidates for the requirements of the AH Question Paperthe further learning and teaching that would need to take place to prepare candidates to access the full mark allocation in the AH Question Paper

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