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Microsoft Word - Assessment Brief BoC ASC4_476_21_22.docx 1 Assessment Brief Assessment Brief_L4_BOC_2021/22 Read this assessment brief carefully, it tells you how you are going to be assessed, how to submit your assessment on-time and how (and when) you’ll receive your marks and feedback. Module Code ASC_4_476 Module Title Biology of the Cell Lecturer Alison Alvarez % of Module Mark 50% Distributed 26/01/2022 Submission Method Submit online via this Module’s Moodle site Submission Deadline CW1 (50%) 01.04.2022 23:59pm Release of Feedback Feedback will be available online from 27.04.2022 Release of Marks Provisional marks will be available in the Gradebook on Moodle from 27.04.2022 Assessment: Presentation of laboratory work by Poster 2 Assessment Details: Assessment of your work will consider A. Content and the quality of your scientific writing. You have an opportunity to apply the subject knowledge that you have acquired and reinforced during this semester. This will be assessed according to the following strands (see the marking criteria at the end of the document): 1. Subject Knowledge Understanding and application of subject knowledge. Contribution to subject debate by updated research B. The quality of your scientific writing Structure, quality and clarity of argument, coherence, use of evidential support and referencing, spelling, grammar and punctuation. This will be assessed according to the following strands: 7. Communication and Presentation Clear intention in communication. Audience needs are predicted and met. Presentation format is used skillfully. Work is well structured. 8. Academic Integrity Acknowledges and gives credit to the work of others follows the conventions and practices of the discipline including appropriate use of referencing standards for discipline. 9. Collaborative and independent Working Demonstration of behaviour appropriate to discipline, including individual contribution to team or working with others in teams 3 Type: Poster Resources: Suggested core textbooks detailed on the course guide. resources page scientific drawing (BioRender) scientific literature (PUBMED) Word Count: Poster- A1 or A0. All the group members should be able to present/explain the poster to public and peers Presentation: • Work must have figures, graphs or tables to help explain concepts and summarize information • Work must be referenced • Course work must be submitted using Arial font size 11 (or larger if you need to), with a minimum of 1.5 line spacing • Your student numbers must appear on the poster. • Poster must be submitted as a PowerPoint document (.ppt) 4 Referencing: Harvard Referencing should be used, see your Library Subject Guide for guides and tips on referencing. Regulations: Make sure you understand the University Regulations on expected academic practice and academic misconduct. Note in particular: ▪ Your work must be your own. Markers will be attentive to both the plausibility of the sources provided as well as the consistency and approach to writing of the work. Simply, if you do the research and reading, and then write it up on your own, giving the reference to sources, you will approach the work in the appropriate way and will cause not give markers reason to question the authenticity of the work. ▪ All quotations must be credited and properly referenced. Paraphrasing is still regarded as plagiarism if you fail to acknowledge the source for the ideas being expressed. TURNITIN: When you upload your work to the Moodle site it will be checked by anti-plagiarism software. 15% Turnitin score is the maximum allowed. 5 Learning Outcomes This assessment will fully or partially assess the following learning outcomes for this module. Knowledge and Understanding Develop understanding of advanced concepts in cellular and developmental biology. Current and potential uses of stem cells in therapy Intellectual Skills Explain the fundamental principles, techniques and applications of stem cell research Transferable Skills Develop skills in research and critical scientific writing and oral communication Demonstrate the ability to work independently and as part of a team, assuming responsibilities. How to get help We will discuss this Assessment Brief in class. However, if you have related questions, please contact me, Alison Alvarez
[email protected] as soon as possible. 6 Resources Laboratory Report Poster The assignment detail is as follows but full and more detailed guidance will be given in classes. CW 1: Laboratory Report Poster(50%). This should be in the form of a scientific poster. You should set powerpoint slide to size A0 or A1. You are required to print out this poster. It must also be submitted to Moodle. The purpose of the Laboratory Report Poster is: a. to summarise a lab report in a concise way; b. to show the progress which you have made in your laboratory sessions. There is a maximum word limit of 1000, but your poster will most likely be >1000 words. Examples will be provided to help you. The poster needs to consist of the following sections: 1. Title (project title; name of student and student number; name of Supervisor; Course; Date) 2. Your Aim should be clearly stated 3. Rationale: why is this laboratory technique important and what is its significance in the study of Biology? 4. Introduction should be concise and briefly summarise the literature and background 5. Summary work of completed (methodology, experimental results, new points form the literature, conclusions, future directions) - this is where you clearly show the work you have done and your progress. 6. Reference list – Harvard referencing style 7. Poster layout: Use visuals e.g. graphs, images, charts etc. and colour to make it interesting. Laboratory Report Poster Exemplars and resources Please refer to Moodle “Assessment” folder for exemplars and other resources related to this assessment. Assessment Criteria and Weighting LSBU marking criteria have been developed to help tutors give you clear and helpful feedback on your work. They will be applied to your work to help you understand what you have accomplished, how any mark given was arrived at, and how you can improve your work in future. 7 Breakdown of criteria: 1 The application of this criterion is independent of the process outlined in the Student Academic Misconduct Procedure Criteria Feedforward comments 100-80% 79-70% 69-60% 59-50% 49-40% 39-30% 29-0% 40 % 2. Subject Knowledge Shows sustained breadth, Shows breadth, accuracy Accurate and Accurate understanding of Understanding of key Some evidence of Little or no evidence of Understanding and accuracy and detail in and detail in extensive key aspects of subject. aspects of subject. superficial understanding understanding of application of subject understanding key aspects understanding key understanding of key Evidence of coherent Some evidence of of subject. Inaccuracies. subject. Inaccuracies. knowledge. of subject. Contributes to aspects of subject. aspects of subject. knowledge. coherent knowledge. Contribution to subject subject debate. Awareness Contributes to subject Evidence of coherent debate. of ambiguities and debate. Some awareness knowledge. limitations of knowledge. of ambiguities and limitations of knowledge. 40 % 7. Communication Communication is entirely Communication is clear, Communication is Communication is clear, Communication is Communication is Communication is and Presentation clear, persuasive and persuasive and clear, mostly with skilful use of the mostly clear and unclear because very unclear because Clear intention in compelling with very skilful compelling with very persuasive and presentation format. presentation format is presentation format is not presentation format is communication. use of the presentation skilful use of the compelling with skilful Presentation takes into adequate. used adequately and/or not used adequately, Audience needs are format. Presentation presentation format. use of the account the needs of the Presentation may the needs of the and the needs of the predicted and met. addresses fully the needs of Presentation addresses presentation format. audience. sometimes not take audience are not taken audience are not Presentation format is the audience. fully the needs of the Presentation into account the needs into account. taken into account. used skilfully. Work is audience. addresses the needs of the audience. well structured. of the audience. 10 % 9. Collaborative and Integrates a highly Integrates a sense of Aware of and able to Aware of and able Aware of main Some evidence of Little or no evidence of independent Working developed sense of own own identity productively meet most standards to meet the main standards standards required of knowledge of knowledge of relevant Demonstration of identity productively into real into real or simulated required for relevant required of relevant relevant discipline. relevant disciplinary disciplinary standards. behaviour appropriate or simulated disciplinary disciplinary situations. discipline in simulated discipline in simulated or Able to work in a team standards; No evidence of to discipline, situations. Meets the Meets the standards or real disciplinary real disciplinary situations. or alone collaborates collaboration including individual standards required for required for relevant situations. Able to work in a team or reluctantly or with others; contribution to team or relevant discipline. discipline