Assessment of an investigation/research task

“How much do learners in the population surrounding me differ from each

other”

Name of learner: ________________________________ Date: _____________

Name of assessor: ______________________________ Place: Uplands College

Name of moderator: _____________________________ Grade: 11

AS 3.1: Measure using appropriate instruments a physical quantity.

AS 4.1: Investigate a problem/issue related to: social and other factors
: peoples opinions
: Human rights and inclusivity
By ~ collecting or finding data to draw conclusions to the questions using
appropriate statistical methods and selecting a representative sample without
bias.
AS 4.2 Summarising and displaying data to describe trends
AS 4.4 Interpret data, draw conclusions on problem investigated,

Aspect 1, 2 & 5 Were all necessary aspects of report presented including:

Criterion Marks Comments
- an orderly and clear layout 2x4
- name of author, title and date,
- method used to collect data
including the questionnaire used
- evidence of survey responses

Aspects 3, 4 How well was the purpose of the study, population and sample
described?
Criterion Mark Comments
Items above not described or unclear 0
Items mentioned but poorly expressed 1
Items mentioned partially & correctly described 3
Items correctly and clearly described 4

Aspect 6 A Was the data organised appropriately? (Tables & tallies all 12
questions –can combine answers into tables)
Criterion Mark Comments
Data not organised or inappropriate 0 x 12
Organisation partially appropriate 1 x 12
Data well organised & showing links 2 x 12

Aspect 6 B How well did the learner select and use a variety of methods (pie
charts, bar graphs, etc) to summarise & display data.(3 aspects to analyse)
Criterion Marks Comments
Badly presented 0
Mostly well presented (-1 for each 3x5
error)
All 3 questions well presented 15
Aspect 7 Summary -Do the conclusions follow from the data?
Criterion Mark Comments
Statements inappropriate & 0
unsupported by data
Only some statements correct 3
Statements correct with minor errors 6
Statements supported by data 10
Statements correct & insightful 16

Aspect 7 Was the data compared to other sources correctly?

Criterion Mark Comments
Data was not compared 0
Comparison has significant errors 1
Comparison mostly correct-few errors 2
Comparison correct with trivial errors 4
Comparison of data all correct 5

Aspect 8 Bibliography
Criterion Mark Comments
No extra sources listed 0
Sources either relevant or correctly 3
listed
Sources relevant and correct 4

Overall result: / 100 _______________________________ %

Learner
goals:___________________________________________________________

Learners’ feedback on assessor’s feedback:

___________________________

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Signed __________________________________________________________
Assessor Learner Date