[etni] Re: Fw: re: Moed Aleph
- From: maxinetz <maxinetz@xxxxxxx>
- To: ask@xxxxxxxx, 'Etni' <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:39:23 +0200
Well, since it's been brought up:
I was quite pleased with the Bagrut exams this year, especially with E, F
and G, which I've looked at pretty closely. Starting with G: I was ,in
contrast to Bonita, happy to see eight questions instead of six, since this
reduces the point value of each question. It's frustrating both for pupil
and teacher when an excellent pupil happens to botch up one question and
loses 9 points. This way s/he has a chance of winding up with a higher
grade. Secondly, the text was worth reading for its own sake (for a
change...) Moreover, there were four multiple choice questions, a boon
for Bagrut examiners! Furthermore, the text was organized in such a way
that each question referred to a specific paragraph, enabling pupils to use
the strategy that many of them have been taught: read the question/s that
apply to the paragraph, then read the paragraph. And finally, I really
liked the composition topic. Enough reasons to be positively tickled pink
with Module G.
I thought the composition topic for Module F was well-chosen as well, giving
the pupils plenty of leeway to write about something that was important to
them.
Module E was also fair, although the question referring to the purpose of
the study could be a troublemaker. My pupils said it was "tricky". I
responded that what they call tricky I call a question that makes them
think, and in the HOTS age, this is what we want them to do!
We're always complaining. What about a few kudos for a change for some
exams well done and actually interesting to read?!
Regards, Maxine Tsvaigrach
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From: "bonita" <bonita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Moed Aleph
On the whole, the exams seemed okay. E was a little easy, but you can't have
it all. (Also, how do they manage to produce a paper with a spelling
mistake? See A - listening...)
However, I was disappointed to see that there were 8 questions on G when in
the past there have only been around 6. Each question required thought, so I
don't think that was fair. At least we should have been warned about the
added questions so that we could guide our students about time planning. I
must admit I was quite shocked when I looked at such a long paper. Maybe we
were warned and I missed it?
I'd like to hear what others thought.
Bonita Podlashuk
Ulpanit, Tiberias.
Patricia wrote:
> I can't believe that two days have nearly gone by and very few people have
sent in complaints or comments about Tuesday's English bagrut. I've
been waiting and waiting for someone out there to say something - anything -
about the tests, but there is only silence - except for one question in C!
I've been on the list for many years and this is the first time I can recall
such a thing happening.
Could it be that the Ministry has finally got it right? Could it be that
each module was actually a little more difficult than the one preceding it?
Could it be that both the texts and the questions were actually sensible?
Could it be that there were no typos or more-than-one-answer questions?
Could it be that all the schools received the correct number of tapes and
that there was no problem with any of the listening texts? My goodness,
what is the world coming to?
If that really is the case, then we should at least gives kudos to all those
anonymous people who write and approve the modules (they are definitely out
there among us, hiding in unknown places and reading what we write). So
on behalf of the silent majority (without their permission but hoping for
their approval) I say thank you for at last getting it right.
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