Understanding Standards: Chemistry National 3 to Advanced
Higher An Overview of Standards and Assessment
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Aims To provide subject specialists with a general overview of
the standards for both Unit and Course assessments.
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What this Presentation Covers Course Structure Assessing
Outcome 1 of a standard Unit Assessing Outcome 2 of a standard Unit
Assessing National 4 Added Value Unit Assessing Higher Researching
Chemistry Unit Assessing Advanced Higher Researching Chemistry Unit
Higher & National 5 Course Assessment Question Paper National 5
Course Assessment Assignment Higher Course Assessment Assignment
Advanced Higher Course Assessment Question paper Advanced Higher
Course Assessment Project report
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Course Structure
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Level Number of Units Course Assessment National 33Internally
assessed National 44Internally assessed National 53 Question paper
Assignment report Higher4 Question paper Assignment report Advanced
Higher3 Question paper Project report
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National 3 to Higher Units Each level has three standard Units
- Chemical Changes and Structure - Natures Chemistry - Chemistry in
Society Each of these Units has two Outcomes which are subdivided
into a number of Assessment Standards. National 4 also has an Added
Value Unit (AVU). Higher also has a Researching Chemistry Unit
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Advanced Higher Units Advanced Higher has two standard Units -
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry - Organic Chemistry and
Instrumental Analysis Each of these standard Units has two Outcomes
which are subdivided into a number of Assessment Standards.
Advanced Higher has a Researching Chemistry Unit This Unit also has
two Outcomes and Outcome 1 is subdivided into three Assessment
Standards..
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Unit Assessment All Units are internally assessed. Unit
Assessment Support Packs (UASPs), published on the SQA secure site,
provide: -Guidance for candidates -Suggested assessment activities
-Conditions for assessment -Marking guidance