When conducting your research you should create a list of questions about your topic that you want to answer in your CBA.
Your CBA needs to present clear and specific information and findings.
To create a CBA of high quality this clarity of research and focus in what you present is very important.
A person of faith associated with one of the five major religions studied in the specification or belonging to another major world religion.
A person known to the student who is living a life of commitment and making a positive difference in the world at a local, national or international level..
The CBAs encourage the use of the NCCA key skills of being creative, working with others, time management and communication..
Business in Action provides students will the opportunity to actively engage in a practical and authentic learning experience that reflects activities undertaken regularly in the business environment ..
CBA 1, or Classroom-Based Assessment 1 is an opportunity for students to spend time researching and investigating a specific topic or field that they're interested in, within the subject..
Wood science in our environment
Investigation and presentation on a wood science-related topic.
Response may be presented in a wide range of formats.
Students can collaborate but each student must present an individual piece of work.
During a three-week period in 2nd year with guidance from your teacher..
CBA1, 'The Past in my Place', must be based on something in "your place".
This could mean your local area, country of origin or maybe even somewhere you've spent a lot of time during your life, it's a place that is meaningful to you.
After completing CBA1, you will complete CBA2, 'The Life in Time'..
Different styles of CBA1
For example, you may do an interview, a role-play, a presentation followed by questions and answers, or else perhaps a conversation in response to stimulus.
Some students will choose from these formats whilst others will be instructed by their teacher which one they must use..
The maths CBA 1 asks students to create a practical investigation into a specific problem or question that they are expected to solve.
The CBA is a summative assessment that students take as part of their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement, or JCPA for short..
You might want to encourage students to present a CBA 1 English PowerPoint that shows the poet
As well as any interesting facts about their life. Students could also focus on one of their favourite films
And look at a specific theme
Scene or even parts of the script that they find interesting.
Further exemplars and guidelines for CBA 1 are given in the Student Textbook Unité 12. The student Language Portfolio will include
A broad range of items
Examples of CBA 1:
Business in Action Examples of CBA 2:
Presentation (TCA) Support materials for CBA 2:
Presentation [TCA] Example of CBA 1:
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CBA 2 is based on the student portfolio of work and is carried out around Christmas of Third Year. CBAs are assessed using the Features of Quality and are at a common level. The CBAs relate to specifi c Learning Outcomes. Students will have used their key skills (being creative
Managing myself
Etc.) while working towards their CBAs.
The students had the opportunity to explore all 3 themes through brainstorming/mind maps and research. They completed the Design strand for CBA1 in 2nd year, and so they had the option to explore either the Art or Craft strand or both.