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"Tell me more about F333 Miss" - Well, F333 is worth 60 marks which is a third of your overall grade at AS.
There are 5 different skills that you will be examined on. This is what OCR have to say on the matter:
Candidates are assessed in five skill areas. Teachers assess the
ability of candidates to:
Skill I (Competence)
Skill I is assessed over a period of time using a minimum of six
different practical activities.
Candidates carry out practical work competently and safely using a range of
techniques.
Teachers assess by direct observation of practical work.
Descriptors are applied as ‘best fit’ over the whole range of practical
activities to give one overall mark out of 6.
Practical work over time as a normal and integral part of their study of
chemistry. The practical activities must provide opportunities for the
candidate to:
Best fit mark out of 6 is doubled to be out of 12. (N.B it is not possible
for a candidate to be awarded a mark out of 12 which is an odd number).
Centres are welcome to use activity sheets from the course material for the
assessment of Skill I.
Skills II-V (Measurement/Analysis and
Evaluation/Observation/Interpretation)
Skills II, III, IV and V may be assessed in separate activities or they may
be assessed together in two separate activities as follows: Skills II
and III; Skills IV and V.
There are 5 different skills that you will be examined on. This is what OCR have to say on the matter:
Candidates are assessed in five skill areas. Teachers assess the
ability of candidates to:
- Skill I (Competence) – carry out practical work competently and
safely using a range of techniques;
- Skill II (Measurement) – carry out quantitative experiments
accurately and make and record reliable and valid measurements with appropriate
accuracy and precision;
- Skill III (Analysis and Evaluation) – apply chemical knowledge and
processes to unfamiliar situations, to analyse and evaluate their own
quantitative experiments;
- Skill IV (Observation) – make and record valid qualitative
observations with appropriate accuracy and detail;
- Skill V (Interpretation) – recognise, recall and show understanding
of chemical knowledge to interpret and explain their own qualitative
experiments, with due regard to spelling, punctuation and grammar and correct
use of technical terms.
Skill I (Competence)
Skill I is assessed over a period of time using a minimum of six
different practical activities.
Candidates carry out practical work competently and safely using a range of
techniques.
Teachers assess by direct observation of practical work.
Descriptors are applied as ‘best fit’ over the whole range of practical
activities to give one overall mark out of 6.
Practical work over time as a normal and integral part of their study of
chemistry. The practical activities must provide opportunities for the
candidate to:
- carry out a titration;
- make thermochemical measurements;
- carry out qualitative experiments using test-tubes;
- carry out an experiment involving ICT;
- prepare an organic compound;
- collaborate with other students in solving a problem
Best fit mark out of 6 is doubled to be out of 12. (N.B it is not possible
for a candidate to be awarded a mark out of 12 which is an odd number).
Centres are welcome to use activity sheets from the course material for the
assessment of Skill I.
Skills II-V (Measurement/Analysis and
Evaluation/Observation/Interpretation)
Skills II, III, IV and V may be assessed in separate activities or they may
be assessed together in two separate activities as follows: Skills II
and III; Skills IV and V.