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Award of Marks

The following skills will be assessed through the laboratory practical activities:

1. Analysis and Interpretation.

2. Manipulation and Measurement.

3. Observation, Recording and Reporting.

4. Planning and Designing.

The candidates are also required to do a research project in any one Unit of the CAPE® Sciences.
In each Unit, a total of 9 marks are to be allocated for each skill, and 9 marks for the project, as
indicated in the Table below.

Table 1
School Based Assessment Skills

Skill Unit 1 Unit 2
Observation, Recording and Reporting 9 9
Manipulation and Measurement 9 -

Analysis and Interpretation 9 9
Planning and Designing - 9

Drawing 9 9
Project* 9 9
TOTAL 45 marks 45 marks

Teachers are required to provide criteria which clearly indicate how they award marks.

*Please note that candidates will be required to do one research project in any Unit of any of the CAPE®
Sciences (Biology, Chemistry or Physics) in the first sitting, and can use that mark for the other Units of
the Sciences. So for example, a candidate may do a project in Unit 2 Physics in the first sitting, get a
mark out of 9 and then (transfer) use that mark for Unit 1 Physics, Units 1 and 2 Chemistry and Units
1 and 2 Biology. Group work is allowed and encouraged.

Each Module will carry a maximum of 15 marks.

Each candidate’s total School-Based Assessment mark for any Unit should be divided in three and
allocated to each Module equally.

Fractional marks should not be awarded. Wherever the Unit mark is not divisible by three, then

(a) when the remainder mark is 1, it should be allocated to Module 1; and,

(b) when the remainder is 2, one of the marks should be allocated to Module 2 and the other
mark to Module 3.

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