- The place where the source was originally seen / published / spoken - The original purpose for which the source was created - If it is a visual image, identify the people in the photograph / cartoon. Refer to the History examination papers for a clear example of how to DBE’s contextualise and reference source material. Learners need to be able to engage with the contextualization of source material in order to answer questions about reliability, usefulness and possible bias. 6.4 How to Set Source-Based Questions A set of source-based questions should guide learners through a process where they extract, explain, interpret, evaluate, analyse and compare the information in the source material in order to construct a piece of history, usually in the form of a paragraph written in answer to the key question. The CAPS document requires that questions are set at a variety of cognitive levels. The percentage of questions which should be set at each cognitive level is determined by the Grade for which the task is being set. The table below shows the weighting of the cognitive levels across the different grades and the corresponding mark allocation in a 50 mark task. Cognitive Source-based assessment questions and tasks G10 G11 G12 Level LEVEL 1 Extract evidence from sources 40% 30% 30% (20) (15) (15) LEVEL 2 Explain historical concepts Straightforward interpretation of sources 40% 50% 40% What is being said by the author or creator (20) (25) (20) of the source? What are the views or opinion on an issue expressed by a source Compare information in sources LEVEL 3 Interpret and evaluate information and data from sources 20% 20% 30% Engage with questions of bias, reliability and usefulness of sources (10) (10) (15) Compare and contrast interpretations and perspectives within sources and by authors. [Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement: History, p.33] When setting source-based questions at different cognitive levels the following mark allocations should be taken into consideration: Level 1 questions should not exceed 4 marks.
- The place where the source was originally seen / published / spoken - The original purpose for which the source was created - If it is a visual image, identify the people in the photograph / cartoon. Refer to the DBE’s History examination papers for a clear example of how to contextualise and reference source material. Learners need to be able to engage with the contextualization of source material in order to answer questions about reliability, usefulness and possible bias. 6.4 How to Set Source-Based Questions A set of source-based questions should guide learners through a process where they extract, explain, interpret, evaluate, analyse and compare the information in the source material in order to construct a piece of history, usually in the form of a paragraph written in answer to the key question. The CAPS document requires that questions are set at a variety of cognitive levels. The percentage of questions which should be set at each cognitive level is determined by the Grade for which the task is being set. The table below shows the weighting of the cognitive levels across the different grades and the corresponding mark allocation in a 50 mark task. Cognitive Level Source-based assessment questions and tasks G10 G11 G12 LEVEL 1 Extract evidence from sources 40% (20) 30% (15) 30% (15) LEVEL 2 Explain historical concepts Straightforward interpretation of sources What is being said by the author or creator of the source? What are the views or opinion on an issue expressed by a source Compare information in sources 40% (20) 50% (25) 40% (20) LEVEL 3 Interpret and evaluate information and data from sources Engage with questions of bias, reliability and usefulness of sources Compare and contrast interpretations and perspectives within sources and by authors. 20% (10) 20% (10) 30% (15) [Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement: History, p.33] When setting source-based questions at different cognitive levels the following mark allocations should be taken into consideration: Level 1 questions should not exceed 4 marks.