Weighting of Assessment:
60% Coursework (Case Study)
Contributes to the following programme:
BSc (Hons) Sport Management
BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Science
BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise for Health

Stage: 3
Number of Students Enrolled:

56 (+1 resetting coursework) Number of Students Submitting Assessment:
52 (+1 resetting)
(4 non-submissions)
Location of Marked work (where External Examiner can locate case study assignments):
The work has been marked using Grademark on Moodle. Annotated work with general feedback comments can be found in Grademark and in the Sport Archive. The module guide contains assignment information, marking criteria and is available on Moodle and Sport Archive. Additional mark profile feedback was provided to students in one of the lectures following posting of the marks (Lecture 15) and individual assignment tutorials offered to students. Hard copies of markers notes showing a breakdown of marks across the assessment criteria are available in the hard copy folder for SS523.
Module delivery (brief overview of module delivery, running of the module, attendance, any changes compared to previous years)
Module content delivered by module convener (same as previous years) as a 1-hour lecture followed by a 1-hour seminar (same day). The module was taught over 22 weeks. Attendance poor in seminar sessions where practical workshops / discussion / problem solving tasks were conducted to support knowledge for completion of case study assignment (weeks 1 – 12), or assessed in the examination (weeks 13 – 24). Seminars scheduled for the same day as lecture to promote attendance. All lecture and seminar materials were made available on Moodle, along with additional resources to support student learning (see SS523 Moodle for more information). Lecture capture was used with Panopto and made available to students.
Assessment details
60% Coursework Case Study: students complete a case study assignment (see SS523 module guide for full details) on a cardiac patient following an interview session. Cardiac patients from a community Phase IV exercise class visit the campus to meet with students in small groups (2 – 4) and share their experience of living with cardiac-related problems. Student feedback following the interview session remark how worthwhile the experience is in terms of understanding the difficulties faced attempting exercise and life challenges faced by older adults. Assignment is written-up as an anonymous case study, with the exercise programme component of the assignment based upon a real person.
Information taken from the interview with patient:
• 69 Years Old
• Retired
• 5-day Operation in 2019
• 3 Children, 7 Grandchildren
• 2018 Chest pain from any physical exertion
• Ingestion type pain
• GP referred the patient to Medway Hospital
• Where though an ECG Eco diagram,70% and 90% Blockages in the heart were found.
• Patient had varicose veins in the leg
• Pain was in the chest and couldn’t cough
• Pain was no longer present after couple weeks.
• Type two Diabetic. Pills used for medication
• No other present pains to date.
Assessment and marking (comment on the assessment and the moderation process)
All first marking was completed by Steve Meadows (module convener) and a sample scrutinised by the moderator in accordance with University Credit Framework guidelines (Annexe 6) – sample contained at least 10% with marks spread across the range (including highest and lowest mark). Three suspected plagiarism cases were also reviewed by the moderator. 12 assignments were reviewed by the moderator (23.08%).

Comments on Performance (module convenor)
60% Coursework Case Study: students were encouraged to submit draft versions of their written work for early feedback prior to submission. Of those students who submitted the assessment more students achieved a mark of 60+ than last year (53.33% in 2016 vs 41.46% in 2015) and fewer students failed with a mark < 40 (8.88% in 2016 vs 17.07% in 2015), but with a similar mean and SD. Most problems encountered related to critical analysis of exercise in cardiac rehabilitation. Students spent too much time on descriptive content (patient background information) and less attention to the more analytical / critical component about the role of circuit training in cardiac rehabilitation, or how to promote exercise adherence. The case study is relevant to the content of the module, and presents the student with a real-life application of theory, which is useful for understanding and employability. The various parts of the assessment provide students from different disciplines (e.g. physiological vs psychological, or theoretical vs practical knowledge) the ability to gain marks in different ways. There is a wide range of achievement with cases studies showing critical thinking and good knowledge of the science base, and others with very poor descriptive content. From an assessment point of view, this proves the discriminant validity of this assessment, as it is clear to determine differences in the quality and analytical content of the work. However, it is at times discouraging to see that some students are still not able to put together an appropriate and evidence-based exercise programme, despite the many learning opportunities provided to them across the degree.

Marks breakdown (n = 52 assignments presented in 2016 – 2017):
Mean 59
Standard Deviation 15.75
Minimum 20
Maximum 85
Median 62
Mode 62
Marks Withheld (pending academic discipline) 1

Other comments (for example planned changes for next year)
Possible changes to information covered in the assignment write-up to place more emphasis on the application of theoretical aspects of clinical exercise prescription.
Distribution of Marks 2017 (current year)
Not submitted 0-30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-84 85-100
4 4 2 7 12 13 11 3
Distribution of Marks 2016 (previous year)
Not submitted 0-30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-84 85-100
1 4 0 8 9 14 10 0