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Guidelines
on the school-based assessment (Part
3)
Yvonne
Harvey, Contributor
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Students
from Catherine Hall Primary
School in St. James do a Youth-Crime-Watch-Jamaica
(YCWJ) warm-up at the launch
of the St. James arm of the
YCWJ at Irwin High School (also
in St. James). Students from
Irwin High, Mount Salem Primary,
Catherine Hall and Granville
All-Age schools participated
in the training sessions. -
Claudine Housen
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HELLO
FRIENDS. This is the last lesson on
the School-Based Assessment (SBA). You
will remember that I have been giving
you some details on the specific sections
of the SBA. This week I will finish
that aspect and then look at the requirements
and the mark scheme for each profile.
I will begin with the conclusion.
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CONCLUSION: This section should
discuss the question you presented
on your cover and in your abstract.
In other words, you should, for example,
be able to come to a conclusion as
to the factors that contribute to
the success of ABC Company and be
able to discuss these factors briefly.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: This must be
properly done. There are a number
of accepted styles. You should ensure
that you present the chosen style
accurately. The names of the writers
of the texts should be in alphabetical
order of the surnames; next should
be the full title of the text (this
may be underlined, highlighted, capitalised,
or all three); the name of the publisher
comes next and finally, the last date
of publication of the text.
An
example is given below:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leunarine
Sam, PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS FOR CXC,
Cassell Ltd. 1986.
Waterman
Ivan L, PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS FOR
CARIBBEAN
EXAMINATIONS,
MacMillan Press Ltd. 1994.
Weber
Elsie and Morrison Hopeton, PRINCIPLES
OF BUSINESS FOR THE CARIBBEAN, Longman
Group Ltd. 1990.
APPENDIX:
As mentioned in a previous lesson,
your appendix should have a clean,
unanswered copy of your questionnaire
and/or interview questions. In addition,
anything which is not directly related
to the information presented in the
profiles should also be placed into
the appendix. The reader must be referred
to things placed in the appendix.
The organisational structure and job
descriptions, for example, should
not be placed into the appendix, but
should be placed where these issues
are discussed.
THE
SBA MARK SCHEME AND PROFILE DETAIL
There
has been an amendment to the SBA mark
scheme.
This
amendment takes effect for the May/June
2006 exam. Please note that the overall
marks remain the same (30 for the
basic proficiency and 40 for the general.
However, the requirements for profiles
one and three have changed slightly.
PROFILE
1
Organisational
Principles
(a)
Identify form, objective and structure
of the business, with appropriate
diagrams or charts.
BASIC
3
GENERAL
2
(b)
Discuss management issues as they
relate to the specific business being
studied, for example, planning and
control, management and staff relations,
management of time, etc.
BASIC
3
GENERAL
2
(c)
Identify legal issues relating to
the business, or where lacking, discuss
implications for the business , for
example, contracts, job descriptions,
etc.
BASIC
1
GENERAL
3
(d)
Evaluative comments and recommendations
(should relate to a, b and c ).
BASIC
2
GENERAL
2
(e)
Communicate information in a logical
manner using correct grammar.
BASIC
2
GENERAL 2
Total: BASIC 9
GENERAL 12
PROFILE
2
Production and Marketing
(a)
Discuss factors of production, including
their suitability.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
2
(b)
Identify issues related to suitability
of location and assess opportunities
for linkages.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
3
(c)
Describe marketing activities and
strategies, for example, advertisements,
sales promotions, public relations,
etc. as they relate to the business.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
3
(d) Identify mode of transport, method
of storage and consumerism issues.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
2
(e)
Evaluative comments and recommendations.
BASIC
1
GENERAL
2
Total:
BASIC 9
GENERAL
12
PROFILE
3
Finance and Introduction to Economics
(a)
Identify capital sources, collateral,
terms of repayment for loans.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
3
(b)
Discuss insurance as it relates to
the business or state why insurance
has not been considered and the implications
of this.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
3
(c)
Assess profit level and contributing
factors.
BASIC
3
GENERAL
4
(c)
Discuss the economic contributions
of the business including GDP and
GNP.
BASIC
3
GENERAL 4
(e)
Communicate information in logical
manner using correct grammar.
BASIC
2
GENERAL
2
Total:
BASIC 12
GENERAL
16
That's
it for the SBA. Next week, I will
begin looking at the alternate paper
to the SBA.
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Yvonne Harvey teaches at Glenmuir
High School.
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