[etni] Re: literature exam
- From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: janjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:29:25 +0300
Actually, there's an entire session in the literature course about
assessing the exam. Teachers are given sample answers from the pilot exam
and are asked to assess them and then compare their assessment to that of
the Bagrut markers. All of the information in the course about what's
needed in the log applies to the exam, as well (not how the students are
supposed to answer questions on the exam, but what teachers are required to
do before sending students to the exam).
Students are not asked to answer comprehension questions on three poems
and/or stories. They are only required to answer questions on ONE poem or
story and ONE play or novel (for five pointers) or TWO stories/ONE story
and ONE poem (for four pointers). Some of these are basic comprehension
questions (LOTS) and the others are HOTS questions which require the
student to think more deeply about the text. Because there are two options
for the exam, there are many more questions on the exam than the students
are actually required to answer.
Please note that the students are not asked to answer about the main ideas
behind one of the texts (I assume you're referring to the bridging question
here, because it's the only question that has that many lines for the
answer). They are asked to connect new information that they are given to
one of the texts. This is completely different and significant, as one of
the biggest pitfalls of the exam is that students simply summarize the
story or poem without relating to the new information and end up losing a
lot of points.
Bari
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Janette Segal <janjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> As for the literature bagrut exam- could it be that when teachers do the
> literature course-they receive very good information about what's needed in
> the LOG- and practically nothing about the EXAM?- ( I didn't get any
> information at all about the exam in the course I took last year) I have
> now looked at and studied the last three literature exams. I would say that
> it's not a literature exam in the way that teachers from the States or
> England would expect. For example, you are not asked to quote to support
> your ideas, neither are you asked to write in much depth or in great
> length. It's enough for the students to know the texts well and certainly
> in detail- but not that thoroughly. The student is asked several short
> comprehension questions on THREE texts (poems and stories) including
> answering about 10 lines on the main ideas behind ONE of the texts. I
> suggest that the literature course provides at least 50% of the time on
> discussion and ideas in how to teach for the exam. Si
> ncerely, Janette Segal
>
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