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This stand-alone project-based qualification is designed to develop essential skills in learners, preparing them for university-level study. By choosing their own topics of interest, students remain engaged and motivated throughout the project. The qualification emphasizes critical evaluative and analytical skills, guiding learners through the processes of planning, researching, managing, and reviewing their projects. Feedback from students highlights that they enjoyed the freedom of selecting their project topics, making the learning experience both enjoyable and effective.
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Higher Project Level 2Summary GLH – SLN: 0.133333 Stand alone qualification
Selling the project • This project has not just been dropped into a timetable to make up hours/funding. • It really does benefit the learner in a number of ways and will develop skills required for study at university • They also use evaluative and analytical skills to develop end results
Benefits of the qualification • It is stand alone • It develops basic skills of the learner • It is independently produced with very little guidance from tutors • It is a topic the learner chooses and therefore one he/she is interested in and are therefore more motivated • Marking of the project is very quick and straightforward
Learning outcomes • Be able to choose, plan and manage a project • Be able to research information and apply it to project • Be able to select and apply skills to complete a project • Be able to review a project and own performance, and analyse the project
Criteria and marks that can be awarded • Managing work – based on robustness of objectives and depth of work (up to 7 pts) • Using resources – reliable, valid, relevant, varied, referenced (up to 9 pts) • Develop and realise – ideas developed showing understanding of topic. Work is logical, quality of language, structure, grammar, spelling. Effective presentation (up to 17 pts) • Review – Meeting their objectives and valid reasons. (up to 7 marks) Total points: 40 (max 36 pts if learners have required lots of support)
Development of functional skills English • Interpreting information from a variety of sources and applying it • Being able to determine valid and reliable secondary research sources, skim and scan information and pick out the most important points relevant to objectives • Improving structure, logical approaches to in-depth assignments • Understanding how to structure a bibliography and use quotes appropriately • Learn from frequent mistakes
Development of functional skills Maths • Applying data to support relevant points which can be interpreted in different ways. • Analysing increase/decreases, percentages, ratios etc. I.T. • Converting data into graphs, charts and spread sheets. Producing attractive Power Points with images, animation etc
Review • Of the Abraham Moss students completing the Higher Diploma, the vast majority have openly stated that they enjoyed being able to work on a project which they were interested in, rather than being told what to prodcuce