ICT SBA Seminar (26 Oct 13)

9:30 Introduction

10:10 New SBA System for 2014 Exam

10:30 New Arrangement for 2015 SBA

11:15 Break

11:30 Meeting with District Coordinators

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2015 SBA New Arrangement 1. From 7 to 4 assessment categories

(Section 2.1, 2.4, Appendix F) 2. Record of project work

(Section 2.3) 3. Handling of Malpractice (Section 6, Appendices E & F)

Start from 2014 Exam

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        Objective & Analysis 20 Design & Implementation 20 Practical ICT Skills 25 Testing & Evaluation 10 Conclusion & Discussion 10 Documentation 10

Creativity & Project Management 15

Total: 100

               

     

 

Criteria (from 7 to 4) Objective & Analysis Design & Implementation

Practical ICT Skills 25

Testing & Evaluation

Conclusion & Discussion

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Documentation

Creativity & Project Management 5

Total: 50

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Assessment Criteria Appendix F of SBA Teachers’ Handbook

Mark for each criterion remains unchanged

Full mark = 50

Project Management = 5

S6 School repeaters / transfer students S6 only

No “Design” ; “Implementation” = 15

Full mark = 40

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Record of Project Work Recorded in written documents, e.g. Project reports Point form

Or, recorded in other formats when appropriate Accessible for rechecking

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2014 SBA Mark Submission One‐off submission

Circular on 19.9.2013 HKDSE Examination ‐ Schedule of Work for School‐based Assessment (SBA) in 2013‐14

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Documents to be submitted Submission Period: 23 Jan – 20 Feb 2014

Marks entered submit to subject panel endorsed by subject panel 6 samples are randomly chosen Submit 6 zip files; each zip file contains (< 15 MB) A project report with the project title

Assessment record (with comment) Project work (optional)

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SBA Moderation Statistical moderation w.r.t. Paper 1 Review of samples of students’ work

Outliers detection and follow‐up actions In 2012 & 2013, 130‐150 schools were rechecked.

Booklet “Moderation of SBA Scores in the HKDSE” ‐ available for download from www.hkeaa.edu.hk

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Handling of Malpractice Start from 2014 Exam

Student Declaration Form (Appendix E) Plagiarism Report (Appendix G)

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Background No major changes to how SBA is administered at schools Minor modifications to the procedures, with an aim to strengthen the important message about proper conduct in SBA to students and to adopt a unified approach in handling plagiarism cases SBA continues to be an integral part of learning and teaching and its spirit upheld for the benefit of students

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October 2013

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Background No major changes to how SBA is administered at schools Minor modifications to the procedures, with an aim to strengthen the important message about proper conduct in SBA to students and to adopt a unified approach in handling plagiarism cases SBA continues to be an integral part of learning and teaching and its spirit upheld for the benefit of students

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Preventing plagiarism in SBA Asking students to sign a declaration form (Annex 1) at the beginning of each school year in which SBA is undertaken to declare proper conduct in SBA for ALL subjects Schools to make necessary arrangement for each student to sign ONE form for ALL subjects. The form is available on the HKEAA website (http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/sba/) SBA Information Leaflet – to be distributed to all S4, S5 and S6 students via schools in Nov 2013

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       Handling of SBA plagiarism cases

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   Category Method of handling Serious plagiarism cases (P cases): Serious cases in which nearly the whole or the whole SBA task/assignment is plagiarised, with very little or no contribution from the student.

To be forwarded to the HKEAA for follow up

Other plagiarism cases: Less serious cases, including

- minor infringement identified in students’ SBA work, or

- part of the student’s SBA work copied from source(s) without proper acknowledgement, but the student has made some contribution to the work.

To be handled by schools

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Procedures in Handling P cases Schools should submit a report on the P cases identified, together

with the plagiarised work, to the HKEAA for follow‐up AFTER the completion of mark submission in S6

Both the report and the plagiarised work should be submitted to the SBA Team of the HKEAA, but NOT through the online mark submission system

The report should record details of the case and be submitted with relevant documents. Report template (Annex 2) is available on the HKEAA website (http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/sba/)

When submitting the SBA marks to the HKEAA, schools should indicate “P” in the relevant task mark for the student concerned

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Procedures in Handling P cases These P cases will be deliberated by the HKEAA’s Standing Committee

For proven cases, a recommendation will be made to the Public Examinations Board (PEB) for their consideration

The PEB will decide on the penalty to be imposed in accordance with the Board’s guidelines on handling examination irregularities

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Procedures in Handling P cases The levels of penalty to be imposed for proven P cases are as follows: Zero marks will be given to the task in which serious plagiarism is proven. In addition, a penalty of downgrade by one level will be imposed in the subject concerned

For extreme cases, e.g. repeated offence of plagiarism, candidates may be subject to disqualification from the subject(s) concerned or the whole examination

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Procedures in Handling Other Plagiarism Cases Other less serious cases are to be dealt with by the school These cases need not be reported to the HKEAA for follow‐up. However, schools should keep a proper record of such cases In marking students’ work, any proven plagiarised material should be disregarded and any marks awarded should be based on the students’ own work only

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Procedures in Handling Other Plagiarism Cases For proven cases, schools should impose appropriate penalty in accordance with the school regulations and the HKEAA guidelines, taking into consideration the seriousness of the offence. This may include: Issuing a warning letter to the students (e.g. for minor offence due to negligence or committed at the initial stage of the assessment) Deducting marks for the task concerned

Awarding zero marks for the task concerned

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Procedures in Handling Other Plagiarism Cases The following reference documents will be uploaded to the HKEAA website for schools’ reference in November 2013 1. A template for schools to record the less serious cases,

which may be adapted for internal record keeping

2. Some typical examples of suspected plagiarism cases and how they should be handled

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Plagiarism Cases Identified by the HKEAA Suspected plagiarism cases identified during moderation of SBA marks and review of samples of student work will be handled in a consistent manner as those identified by schools Schools will be required to follow up on any suspected cases identified. Both P cases and other less serious cases will be handled following similar procedures as stipulated above

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References and Supporting Documents (http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/sba/) Revised Handbook for School Leaders on SBA: hardcopy to be

distributed to schools in Nov 2013

SBA Teachers’ Handbooks for 2014 and 2015 exam: available on the HKEAA website

SBA Information Leaflet: hardcopy to be distributed to schools in Nov 2013

Student Declaration Form

Report Template for P cases Template for recording less serious cases and examples of

suspected plagiarism cases: available by Nov 2013

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 Annex 1

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 Annex 2

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Conclusion (SBA plagiarism) Declaration form (one form, S5 & S6, S4 if applicable) Serious plagiarism cases SBA System, enter P Handled by HKEAA

Less serious plagiarism cases handled by schools

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Summary 2014: One‐off submission, handling of malpractice

2015: Four assessment categories, record of project work

2016: SQL commands, spreadsheet functions and symbols used in ER diagrams provided in the question papers for 2016 Exam (uploaded in Nov 2013)

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