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KUTICA:
St. Andrew’s College Science Department is changing
the way we are reporting your son’s learning.
We will still be requiring boys to complete things
like tests, labs and assignments, and we will still be assessing these based on
the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Achievement Charts for Science. However,
instead of reporting marks based on the type of assessment (Tests, Labs,
Assignments etc.), we will be reporting performance in terms of the skills that
underlie these activities. The hope is that boys will be encouraged to focus on
the full spectrum of learning skills rather than just on a few tests or reports.
In order to encourage this, SAC Science courses will be ensuring that a wide
range of activities are used in assessing your son’s achievement. The table
below shows what assessment tools will typically be used for each category:
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Category: |
What is assessed: |
How this will be assessed in SAC Science:
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Knowledge and Understanding
[Ku] |
Recall of knowledge, rote or basic
understanding .
Facts, terminology, definitions, concepts,
ideas, theories, principles, procedures and processes
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Tests
Quizzes
Homework
i-Clicker quizzes |
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Thinking and Inquiry
[Ti] |
Investigation of ideas using learned skills or
processes.
Formulating questions, identifying problem,
developing hypothesis, selecting strategies, performing and recording,
gathering evidence and data, observing, manipulating materials, using
equipment, analyzing, interpreting, problem solving, evaluating, forming
and justifying conclusions
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Lab design processes
Lab performance
Observation of lab results
Lab conclusions
Written or oral explanations
Interpretation of lab data
The process of researching a topic
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Communication
[C] |
Any expression of ideas where the assessment
examines the methods of communication.
Expressing ideas and information in visual,
oral or written form (diagrams/models)
Communication for different audiences and
purposes |
Essays
Oral reports
Student essay abstracts as class handouts
Debates, Discussions, & Online Conferencing
Lab drawings, Models
Journals
Videos, PowerPoint, Photostory
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Application
[A] |
Products that require a combination of
skills and/or knowledge .
Application of knowledge and skills in
familiar contexts
Transfer of knowledge and skills to unfamiliar
contexts
Making connections between science,
technology, society and the environment
Proposing courses of practical action to deal
with problems relating to science |
Written tests, reports, or essay questions
that use combinations of skills and knowledge previously learned.
Performing a lab activity or test using
combinations of previously learned skills.
Designing a lab ‘from scratch’
Essays, reports, videos, presentations etc.
that address solutions to complex issues |
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