Forms of assessment
SBA Tests
Examination Assignment Investigation Project Total
Final Examination
* To be completed before the final examination at the end of the year. Types of formal assessment for Mathematics Tests and examinations
These are individual assessment tasks. Tests and examinations for formal assessment should cover a substantial amount of content. Tests and examinations must be completed under strictly controlled conditions.
Each test and examination must cater for a range of cognitive levels in the correct allocation (see the table below).
Cognitive level Knowledge Description of skill to be demonstrated
y Straight recall y Estimation and rounding off y Identification and correct use of a formula y Use of mathematical facts y Appropriate mathematical vocabulary
Routine procedures
y Perform well known procedures y Simple applications and calculations y Derivation from given information y Identification and use (after changing the subject) of correct formula generally similar to those encountered in class
Complex procedures
y Complex calculation and higher order reasoning problems
y Investigations to describe rules and relationships y Problems not based in real world contexts y Conceptual understanding
Problem solving
y Unseen non-routine problems y Higher order processing and understanding required y May require breaking down into constituent parts to solve
20 Percentage 25
1 1 2 End of year 2
1 2
Minimum requirements per term Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 1
1 1
1 1
2
Number of tasks per year
3 1 2 1 1
8* 1
Weighting
75%
25%
45
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