Scottish Government

Assessment of Achievement Programme
Report of the First AAP Survey of Social Subjects Enquiry Skills (2002)

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
1.2 The assessment framework
1.3 Task development
1.4 Task administration and marking
1.5 Reporting pupil attainment

2. Enquiry skills: written assessment
2.1 The assessment tasks
2.2 Overview of pupils' attainments
2.3 Summary

3. Enquiry skills: practical assessment
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The one-to-one interviews
3.3 The video-based tasks
3.4 Reference tasks
3.5 Summary

4. Core skills assessment
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Reading and Numeracy
4.3 Writing
4.4 Working with others and Problem solving
4.5 Using information technology
4.6 Summary

5. Pupils' views on their learning
5.1 The pupil questionnaire
5.2 The pupils: demographics and home support
5.3 Subject learning activities
5.4 Perceptions about classroom learning experience
5.5 Summary

6. Teachers' reports on Social Subjects
6.1 The teachers' questionnaires
6.2 Responses of primary head teachers and secondary principal teachers
6.3 Responses of P7 teachers and S2 subject teachers
6.4 Summary

7. Summary and Issues
7.1 Pupils' enquiry skills attainments in 2002
7.2 Core Skills attainment
7.3 Pupil questionnaires
7.4 Teachers' questionnaires
7.5 Key issues
7.6 Conclusions

Appendices:
A The Survey Team & The Social Subjects Reference Group
B School and pupil sampling and samples
C Test booklet distribution in the schools
D Enquiry skills written task results
E Guidance prepared for field officers conducting interviews
F The 'best fit' scheme used for evaluating pupils' writing
G The pupil questionnaire
H Selected results from the pupil questionnaire
I The teacher questionnaires
J Teachers' questionnaire responses