Good practice in delivering functional skills

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Good practice in delivering functional skills

• Initial and diagnostic assessment
• Delivery by practitioner functional skills need
  to be taught
• (You wouldnt expect a maths teacher to teach
  plastering.
• National Research and Development Council. 2007)
• Two curricula skills and problem solving

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Approaches to delivery

• Stand alone discrete
• - taught by specialist in a generic way
• Contextualised de contextualised
• - taught as individual subjects with activities
  contextualised to main programme or qualification
  
• Integrated into the main programme
• - no distinct delivery but all aspects included
  into main area delivery or training

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Assessment - English Reading

• Activity
• In pairs, answer the first 7 questions of the
  English level 1 reading paper.
• Mark your answers and discuss with the group. How
  would your learners respond to this paper?

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Assessment - mathematics

• Activity
• In pairs, answer questions 9,11, 13 and 14 of the
  functional mathematics level 1 example paper.
• Using the mark scheme, mark your work.
• Discuss your responses

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Speaking, Listening and Communication assessments

• Use the SQA support pack available at both levels
• Provide candidates with instructions for
  assessment which include the scenario(s) for the
  discussion
• Candidates should make notes in preparation which
  they may refer to during the discussion/presentati
  on but must not read out

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Speaking, Listening and Communication assessments
(cont)

• Assessors should record contributions to
  discussions/presentations to inform decisions for
  grades
• Assessors notes may be included as evidence
• Following assessment, internal verification must
  be carried out.
• Centres must provide sampling plans and
  verification reports

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Speaking, Listening and Communication assessments
(cont)

• Centres must send
• For each candidate
• ? Completed instructions to candidate
• ? Completed Assessment Mark Sheets
• ? Completed Assessor Statements
• ? Candidate evidence, including preparation
  notes, plans
• For each batch
• ? Verification Sample Form
• ? Verification Report Forms

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Lessons learnt from assessment

• Read the question
• Answer all of the question
• Dont do your own thing
• For English
• Use the correct format
• Check SPAG

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Lessons learnt from assessment (cont)

• For maths
• Use correct values
• Give functional answers
• Beware of calculations for time
• Give full explanations
• READ THE QUESTION