No Irish potatoes? Try yams – looking at alternative approaches for assessing science practical skills
Description:
Good science courses provide plenty of opportunities for students to explore and develop their understanding of scientific ideas through practical work. It is often argued that, to encourage school practical work, the students’ practical skills need to be formally assessed by examination or coursework but is this really necessary and if so, what is the best way to do this? CIE is reviewing the assessment of practical skills and this presentation will aim to highlight the key issues and suggest possibilities for the future. There will of course be some hands-on whizz bang experiments to set the scene.
