2008 Workshops for New Inexperienced Computer Teachers 1 An

2008 Workshops for New/Inexperienced Computer Teachers 1. An introduction to the exam rubrics 2. Preparation of the exam materials 3. Marking of SBA

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History/Development (1) Change in every 5/6 years 1984 1 st CECS Exam (Basic) (w/ SBA) 1988 Revised CECS 1994 CECS (Basic+Pascal) 1 st ASCA & ALCS Exam -Practical exam -C & Pascal in ALCS CECS (Pascal only) 1996 3

History/Development (2) 2000 Revised ASCA & ALCS Exam - TAS with standardization test - Pascal only in ALCS 2001 Revised CECS exam 2002 1 st CE Info Tech exam 2005 1 st CECIT exam 2007 Revised ASCA & ALCS exam - Core skills assessment + Project 2008 Exclude core skills assessment in SBA 4

Exam Rubrics (CECIT) Paper 1 (Core) 60% 40 MC Qu. 5 Conventional Qu. Paper 2 (Elective) 20% 4 Conventional Qu. Module A: Algorithm & Programming Module B: Organisation of Computer Module C: Data Communications & Networking Module D: MM Production & Web Authoring Paper 3 (Coursework) 5 20%

Exam Rubrics (ASCA) Paper 1 (Core) 70% Section A (40 marks), 4 -9 short Qu. Section B (60 marks), 3 long Qu. Paper 2 (SBA) 30% A project assessment 6

Exam Rubrics (ALCS) Paper 1 & 2 40%& 40% Section A (40 marks), 4 -9 short Qu. Section B (60 marks), 3 long Qu. Paper 1 is a common paper (ASCA) Paper 2 (SBA) 20% A project assessment 7

Candidature Module 2006 2007 % change A 3, 724 4, 170 -11% B 829 791 +5% C 486 569 -15% D 13, 142 13, 352 -2% Total 18, 181 18, 882 -4% 8

Offers of Modules No. of modules No. of schools (2007) (2006) 1 307 314 2 117 147 3 12 19 4 2 8 438 488 Total: 9

Candidature (ASCA) 2007 Candidature 2006 3, 317 3, 804 10

Candidature (ALCS) 2007 Candidature 2006 2007 (sch) 147 120 11

Mark Adjustment (CECIT) Correlation: P 1 A/P 1 B vs P 2 s Adjust P 2 vs P 1 A (Regression method) Adjust P 3 vs P 1 A (Regression method) 12

Mark Adjustment (ASCA/ALCS) Common Paper 1 SEPARATE SBA adjustment ASCA: adjust P 2 vs P 1 (Regression method) ALCS: adjust P 3 vs (P 1+P 2) (Regression method) 13

Mark Adjustment (Summary) Based on written paper Adjust SBA marks Adjust each school as a WHOLE Preserve ranking at each school 14

SBA Conduct of SBA Curriculum contents vs coursework Students’ abilities Time management Mark Allocation (1) Objective & Analysis (2) Design & Implementation (3) Testing & Evaluation (4) Conclusion & Discussion (5) Documentation (6) Creativity & Process Behaviour 15 20 35 10 10 10 15

Fallacies (outside the curriculum content) Students wrongly focus the coursework on A. Sudoku Game Learning of Japanese B. Secondary Storage The business of data centres C. Cyber Café Types of Coffee and coffee making methods D. Personal Portals Setup and maintenance of a portal site 16

Fallacies (outside the curriculum content) Curriculum SBA 17

Fallacies (out of students’ abilities) Students wrongly focus the coursework on A. Sudoku Game Dynamic programming B. Secondary Storage Exhaustive discussion of secondary storage C. Cyber Café A study of UWB D. Personal Portals Writing of server-side scripts 18

Fallacies (out of students’ abilities) SBA Curriculum 19

SBA Curriculum 20

Administration Reminders Fill in CE exam application form with correct module names and double-check the return slip Enter marks through online SBA system Submit SBA samples (@ module) One in TOP 3 One in MIDDLE 3 One in BOTTOM 3 21

SBA – Feedback to Schools School visits E-mail to schools Based on the observation of 3 samples by project assessors 22

Implementation of Marking Assessment Worksheet Modified from the two sample worksheets provided by HKEAA Standardization Set the assessment criteria Select samples from different teachers/classes Discuss the standards Revisit the curriculum aims & contents Curriculum & Assessment Guide 23

Resources (Online) http: //edb. gov. hk Curriculum & Assessment Guide Resource Package on Coursework Assessment of CIT http: //sfcs. edb. hkedcity. net E-Learning platform for teachers http: //hkeaa. edu. hk (SBA Subject Info) SBA Guidelines/Handbooks/Titles/ Suggested list of reserved words & functions 24