Assessing practical work in science - a panel discussion
This public seminar will be given by representatives from two awarding bodies for A-levels and GCSEs in England: OCR and AQA.

Each will give their perspective on the following:
* the challenges of assessing practical work
* the opportunities afforded by the current system and some of the remaining difficulties
* how they would choose to assess practical work, and indeed assess science in general, if they could design an assessment system from scratch.

This seminar arose from discussions at the Royal Society educational research conference on assessing experimental science in 11-18 education October 2016, and will endeavour to engage with some of the principles and intellectual challenges of assessment, as well as the pragmatics. A response will be given by Dr Sean Page, Head of Science at Lord Williams’s School, Thame, Oxon.
Date: 12 June 2017, 17:00 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2017)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A (via Reception)
Speakers: Neil Wade (OCR), Stella Paes (AQA), Dr Sean Page (Lord Williams’s School, Thame)
Organising department: Department of Education
Organiser: Mr Phil Richards (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: philip.richards@education.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Judith Hillier (University of Oxford)
Part of: Department of Education Public Seminars
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Booking required?: Not required
Cost: None
Audience: Public
Editor: Philip Richards