The coursework portfolio quiz: Singapore O-Level Art (6114) quiz

50 percent of the grade, equal to the Visual Response exam

10 percent of the grade

100 percent of the grade

It is not graded

Ideas, investigation and research, skill across media, and personal response shown through development

Only the cost of the materials

Only the number of finished works

Nothing beyond the final piece

Internally assessed by the school and externally moderated by SEAB

Externally marked by SEAB with no school involvement

Marked by the student

Not formally assessed at all

Pick the broadest possible topic and illustrate it

Copy a famous artist's theme exactly

Avoid any artist research

Narrow a broad starting point into a focused, personal line of inquiry you care about

Only neat, finished pages

A single best drawing

Receipts and a materials list

A clear line of development: studies, experiments, research responses and honest annotation

It should be unrelated to the studies

It should be copied from another artist

It should ignore the chosen theme

It should clearly grow out of the development and answer the line of inquiry

It only makes the folder look tidy

Because development is assessed, sequencing tells the story of how the idea evolved

It lets weak pieces be hidden forever

It is needed to reach a page count

Only praise for the final piece

A list of the paints used

Intentions, the decisions made and why, and what was learned

A score out of ten

Research should never appear in coursework

Because analysed artist research should feed and shape the candidate's own ideas

Because research replaces studio work entirely

Because artist work should be copied exactly into the final piece

Personal themes are easier to mark

Generic themes are not allowed

A genuine personal connection produces stronger, more original work than a generic topic

Personal themes need no research

It is made in a single sitting

It is developed over time as a connected investigation, not a one-off piece

It is only sculpture

It must contain exactly one artwork

Because only one medium is ever assessed

Because more media always means a higher mark regardless of quality

Because variety across art forms and media demonstrates skill and gives the body of work breadth

Because media variety replaces the need for development