HSS 2014 Scheme of Assessment_4E/4N

HSS SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT Prelim (Secondary 4NA)
Subject
Level / Stream
Duration
Description
Mark Allocation
Marks
Section A - Editing
Editing
1m per question
10
Section B - Situational Writing
Task Fulfilment: 10m;
Language: 20m
30
Section C: Continuous Writing
Section A - Visual text
Language: 30m
5m
30
10
Section B - Qn based on narrative text
20m
20
Section C - Qn based on non-narrative
text + Summary
Qn: 10m; Summary: 15m
25
Paper 3: 45 mins
(approx)
Listening Comprehension. 5 Parts.
Part 1 - 3: MCQ-like questions. Part
4&5: Note-taking
1m per question
30
10%
Paper 4: 20 mins
(approx)
Oral
Reading aloud: 10m, Spoken
Interaction: 20m
30
20%
Paper 1
Email: 2 choose 1
Composition: 3 choose 1
20
10%
40
20%
Cloze passage
10
5%
Comprehension MCQ
20
10%
Comprehension open ended
40
20%
10 MCQ
1 Passage
1 Picture
1 Topic
20
10
20
20
10%
5%
10%
10%
Paper 1: 1 hour 50 mins
EL
Chinese
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Paper 2: 1 hour 50 mins
Paper 1: 2 hours
Paper 2: 1.5 hours
Listening
Comprehension: 45
mins
Oral: 15 mins
Paper 2
Listening Comprehension (LC)
Oral
Weighting
35%
35%
Subject
Level / Stream
Duration
Description
Paper 1
Tamil
Sec 4NA
Paper 1: 2 hours
Paper 2: 1.5 hours
Listening
Comprehension: 45
mins
Oral: 15 mins
Paper 2
Listening Comprehension (LC)
Oral
Paper 1
Malay
Sec 4NA
Paper 1: 2 hours
Paper 2: 1.5 hours
Listening
Comprehension: 45
mins
Oral: 15 mins
Paper 2
Listening Comprehension (LC)
Oral
Mark Allocation
Email: 2 choose 1
Composition: 3 choose 1
Idioms
Sentence completion
Cloze passage
Comprehension MCQ
Comprehension open ended
Vocabulary
10 MCQ
1 Passage
1 Picture
1 Topic
Email: 2 choose 1
Composition: 3 choose 1
Grammar
Idioms
Vocabulary
Comprehension MCQ
Comprehension open ended
10 MCQ
1 Passage
1 Picture
1 Topic
Marks
20
40
10
10
10
10
25
5
20
10
20
20
20
Weighting
10%
20%
40
20%
10
10
10
10
30
20
10
20
20
35%
10%
5%
10%
10%
10%
35%
10%
5%
10%
10%
Subject
Mathematics
Level / Stream
Duration
Description
Mark Allocation
Marks
Weighting
Paper 1: 2 hours
About 25 short answer questions
testing
more on the fundamental skills and
concepts. Answer all questions.
1-2m per question
80
50%
Paper 2: 2 hours
2 sections testing more on higher
order thinking skills:
• Section A will contain 8 to 9
questions of varying lengths. Answer
all questions.
• Section B will contain 3 questions of
which candidates will be required to
answer only 2.
There will be one question from each
of the 3 strands, Numbers and
Algebra, Geometry and Measurement,
and Statistics and Probability.
Each question carries the same
number of marks.
5-8m per question
60
50%
Sec 4NA
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED
Subject
Science(Chemistry)
Science(Biology)
Science(Physics)
Social Studies
Level / Stream
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Duration
1 hour 15 mins
1 hour 15 mins
1 hour 15 mins
1 hour 45 mins
Description
Mark Allocation
Paper 3
1m per question
20 MCQ
Paper 4 Section A
4-8m per question
Structured Questions
Paper 4 Section B
8m per question
Free Response Questions
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED
Paper 5
1 mark per question
Paper 6 Section A
4-8 marks per question
Paper 6 Section B
8 marks per question
Free Response Questions
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED
Paper 1
1m per question
20 MCQ
Paper 2 Section A
4-8m per question
Structured Questions
Paper 2 Section B
8m per question
Free Response Questions
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED
Section A
5-8m per sub question
Source-based Questions
Section B: Structured Questions: 1
Question (no more than 5 parts),
1-8m per sub question
ending with a level descriptor. Answer
all
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED
Marks
Weighting
20
30%
14
30%
16
40%
20
14
30%
30%
16
40%
20
30%
14
30%
16
40%
35
35%
15
15%
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Subject
Level / Stream
Duration
1 hour 40 mins
Geography Elective
History Elective
Food and Nutrition
POA
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Sec 4NA
Description
Mark Allocation
Marks
Weighting
Section A:
Structured Questions: 2 Questions (no
more than 6 parts)
Answer 1 question.
1-4m per question
13
13%
Section B: 1 Structured Question (no
more than 3 parts), Answer All
Answer all questions.
1-6m per question
12
12%
Section C Structured Questions: 2
Questions (no more than 6 parts),
Answer 1 Question
1-6m per question
25
25%
Sec 3 TB Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics, Chapter 3: Weather and Climate (and Fieldwork)
Sec 4 TB Chapter 2: Tourism (and Fieldwork), Chapter 3: Food and Resources
Section A
25
5-8m per sub question
Source-based Questions
Section B: Structured Questions: 1
1 hour 40 mins
Question (no more than 5 parts),
1-8m per sub question
15
ending with a level descriptor. Answer
all
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED
20
Section A
1-4m per question
1 hour 30 mins
28
Section B
1-6m per question
32
Section C
16m per question
Topics : ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE TESTED (EXCEPT Chapter 17)
Paper 1: 1 hour
40
3 to 4 compulsory structured
1-7m per sub question
Section A (30 marks) - 1 compulsory
structured question.
Paper 2: 1.5 hours
60
2-14m per sub question
Section B (30 marks) - Choose 1 out of
2 structured questions.
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31%
19%
25%
35%
40%
40%
60%
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Subject
Level / Stream
Duration
1.5 hours
D&T
Art
Mark Allocation
Marks
Weighting
Part A
About 5 short-answer and design
questions testing more on concepts of
design processes and the ability to
apply the tools and techniques in the
design process. Answer all questions.
5-6m per question
28
40%
21m per question
42
60%
Part B
3 structured and long-answer
questions involving the three
technology electives (Structure,
Mechanism & Electronics). Any any 2
questions
Part A topics
Chapter 2: Design Method
Chapter 3: Project Management
Chapter 4: Research
Chapter 5: Definition of Needs
Chapter 6: Generating and Developing Ideas
Chapter 7: Realistaion Plan
Chapter 8: Evaluation
Chapter 9: Design Communication
Chapter 10: Ergonomics and Anthropometry
Chapter 11: Design Journal
Part B topics
Chapter 12: Structures
Chapter 13: Mechanisms
Chapter 14: Basic Electricity and Electronics
Sec 4NA
Sec 4E/5NA
Description
Paper 2 (Drawing and
Painting)
Investigation and Interpretation
of Theme
Students are to choose one stimuli out of
six to develop their preparatory studies. Exploration and Development of
3 weeks to develop 5 pieces of A3
Ideas/Concepts
preparatory boards
Control of Materials and
3 hours to produce 1 final artwork
Technical Processes
Both preparatory boards and final artwork
Aesthetic Qualities
are to be submitted for assessment.
Personal Response
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
100%