Seminar on AS Liberal

Studies Project Work

Marking Guidelines and

Project Marking

CDI and HKEAA

October 2008

Items to be covered

� Principles of Marking

� Marking guidelines

� Project marking

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Principles of Marking – Types of

Assessment

Formative

Assessment –

Continuous

assessment,

assessment for

learning

Summative Assessment –

Result oriented,

assessment of

learning

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Principles of Marking – report

performance based

• How well does the report itself fulfill the assessment requirements?

• How good is the report itself self-contained?

• What would happen if the project is marked by another LS teacher based on the same criteria?

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Principles of Marking - Dilemmas

Product

oriented

Process

oriented

Attitude and value of the process: pro-active, motivation

Quality of final product

Process improvement: good planning, self reliance

Static final product performance

Teachers’ role: facilitating, supervision

Exam board’s role: comparability across different schools

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Principles of Marking – Assessor

Role Change

Teacher,

facilitator,

supervisor

Independent

Assessor

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Principles of Marking – Report

Mark the

REPORT (the

final product)

Refer to the

marking

guidelines for

product

Rank the reports

according to the

quality of the

reports

Fully utilize the

mark range, i.e.

1 – 9 marks

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Marking Guidelines

FOUR Factors:

• Content

• Originality Report

• Presentation

• Initiative Process

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Marking Guidelines

Factor Weighting

Content 3

Originality 2

Presentation 1

Initiative 1

Nine-Point Scale

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Needs

Improvement

Satisfactory

Achievement

Outstanding

Achievement

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Marking Guidelines – Three grading

Grids

• Structure of project

• Clarity and style

• Data representation and reference

• Spelling and Grammar

• Overall presentation

Presentation

• Evaluation

• Ideas

• Method selection

• Overall approach

• Result

Originality

• Concept

• Problem definition

• Literature review

• Research methods

• Analysis

Content

Items Factor

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Project Marking – Analytic marking

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8

2

4 6

25/5=5

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Project Marking – Tips

Understanding the marking requirements

Following the marking guidelines

Checking against the report with the marking guidelines

Fresh marking

Utilize the full mark range

Differentiating the performance of students according to the marking guidelines

Ranking for reviewing

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Project Marking – Common Errors (e.g.)

Problem definition � too broad, no focus, descriptive

Focusing questions � none, too broad, disjointed

Content � topic focus shifted, repeated

Concepts � undefined, not well elaborated,

missing in analysis

Data collection methods � inappropriate or

biased (e.g. questionnaire), confusing (e.g.

interviews)

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Project Marking – Common Errors (e.g.)

Data analysis descriptive rather than analytical, not well articulated

Data presentation selective, ambiguous

Findings and conclusion unrelated data

analysed, copied from other people’s work (e.g. internet, magazines, books)

Referencing, citation not properly stated

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Project Marking – General administration

No marks, marking signs and remarks in the reports

Confirming the word count

Giving general comments (use Project Log –

Part B)

On-line mark submission (Starting from 2009)

Mark deduction done by the HKEAA

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Thank You!