AQA qualification support

30 Pages·2015·1.58 MB·English

AQA qualification support

ELC Mathematics

Introduction to the new Specification

General Information

BOOKLET 1
Published date: Summer 2015 version 1.0

Contents Page

Contact / administration details 2

Programme for the day 4

Powerpoint 5

Table of outcomes for the New Specification mapped from the old specification 14

Route Map 18

Record Sheet 27

Website navigation and AQA support 28

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Contacts/Administration

Contact points for GCSE Mathematics

Please contact the subject department for further help and advice about the above specification.

Customer support team Mathematics
AQA, Manchester, M15 6EX

Telephone: [phone]
email: [email protected]

For help with Support Meeting Information, please contact:

Teacher Support Diane Frisk
Manager AQA, Manchester, M15 6EX

Telephone: [phone]

email: [email protected]

Websites

AQA: www.aqa.org.uk
JCQ: www.jcq.org.uk

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Administration

Entries: Direct Line: 0161 455 5482
Fax: [phone]

email: [email protected]

Web: http://web.aqa.org.uk/exams-office/entries.php

Pre Exam Services – Access Arrangements/Special Consideration/
Modified Question Papers

Direct Line: 01483 477884
Fax: [phone]

email: [email protected]

Post Results Services

Direct Line: 0844 209 6619 – EOS (Exam Office Support)
Fax: [phone]

email: [email protected] (Guildford office)
[email protected] (Manchester office)

Web: http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/about-results/post-results

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Programme for the day

1. Welcome

2. Overview

3. Changes in content

4. Using the specimen papers and marks scheme

5. Internally set work

6. Support and resources from AQA

7. Questions and answers

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ELC Mathematics
Introduction to the new specification
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Agenda
1. Welcome
2. Overview
3. Changes in content
4. Using the specimen papers and mark schemes
5. Internally-set work
6. Support and resources from AQA
7. Questions and answers
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Overview
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Specification at a glance –Subject Content
8 components as previously; more emphasis on number; no
aural test
• Component 1 –Properties of number
• Component 2 –The four operations
• Component 3 –Ratio
• Component 4 –Money
• Component 5 –The calendar and time
• Component 6 –Measures
• Component 7 –Geometry
• Component 8 –Statistics
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Specification at a glance –Assessments
• Each portfolio should contain the 8 components.
• There must be between 4 and 8 external assignments.
• Remaining components should be made up of internally set classwork.
• Each external assignment has 30 marks available, 10 marks at each level.
• There will be 3 versions of each component’s external assignment.
• External assignments must be marked following the published mark schemes
• All assessment materials are available on demand from the secure area of
the website. Certification is now twice a year in January and June.
• First certification is in June 2017, followed by January 2018
• Specimen assignments are already available.
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Specification at a glance –Internally Set Components
• Each internally set component has:
3 outcomes at Entry level 1
5 outcomes at Entry level 2
7 outcomes at Entry level 3
• Evidence for a maximum of four components should be from classwork.
• In some instances an Entry 3 outcome may subsume an Entry 1 and/or an
Entry 2 outcome. These are published in the specification. If an outcome is
not subsumed then evidence of completion must be included in the portfolio.
• The qualification achieved is defined by the total number of marks gained
across the whole portfolio, with internally set outcomes counting double.
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Changes in
content
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Content changes and similarities
• Follows the programmes of study for the New National Curriculum
• At Entry Level 1, numbers now go up to 20
• Agreater emphasis on Number, the first 3 components are on Number
Properties (Reading, writing, counting, ordering and rounding)
The four operations ( including problems)
Ratio (fractions as shading and as a quantity of an amount)
• Remaining components are very similar to the previous specification
• All components are eligible for our Unit Awards Scheme, helping students to
feel they have achieved, even if they have been unable to complete the
whole ELC
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Using the
specimen
papers and
mark schemes
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Using the published mark schemes
• Practice specimen paper exercises and mark scheme (printed separately)
• Activity 1 –Component 2 -The four operations
• Activity 2 –Component 4 -Money
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Internally-set
work
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Internal Work –Which resources can be used
• Worksheets provided on the AQA website will address all outcomes
• Schools/colleges can write their own worksheets, which are more
appropriate for their students but must make sure they do address the
outcome adequately and are annotated with the component and outcome.
• Other published schemes such as ‘10Ticks’ may have appropriate work, but
if a worksheet/textbook is used with no space for an answer then the sheet
needs to be photocopied for the moderator.
• Work could be ‘project’ based, with Component 8 Statistics being the
obvious example, but schools/colleges need to be clear when annotating
the work that the outcomes have been addressed with sufficient evidence.
• For Entry Level 1/2 students there could be photographic evidence of
completion of an outcome with a witness statement, from the use of
practical equipment egin Component 4 (Money), Component 5 (Calendar
and Time) or Component 7 (Geometry).
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