[etni] Fwd: re: Module C
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- Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 21:00:22 +0300
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From: Tammara Or Slilat <tammara.or.slilat@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Module C
Hi Adi
I'm just a teacher like you, but because I'm also a Bagrut examiner I
can understand the logic behind NOT telling the pupils about the
mistake. You see, if you went and told your pupils about the mistake
it would have compromised the objectivity of the exam, since my pupils
for example, were not warned.
Another reason is that in the amendments that are issued for the AK
they take into account such mistakes. I remember a question in Module
G a few years ago that was so confusing that in the end it was decided
to ACCEPT ANY ANSWER as long as the pupil chose 2 out of the 6 answers
(a MC).
Tammara
Adi wrote:
> I would like to share this experience with the forum:
>
> As soon as we could get a copy of Module C bagrut one of our teachers,
> who is a native speaker, set to answer it. Soon enough she found the
> mistake in question 5, where the lines where the answer would be were
> wrong.
> She called the ministry to ask for permission to tell the students
> about the mistake. The conversation went as follows:
> Teacher: I want to report a mistake in Module C
> Ministry representative: Are you talking about question 5? (she must
> have known about it already)
> Teacher: Yes. Shouldn't we let the students about it?
> MR: No, the students should be able to deal with it.
>
> This response is aweful for at least two reasons. The first one is
> something that even a person who is not an English teacher would
> understand, and that is that it lacks the minimal decency. Aren't we
> supposed to set an example of the principle that a person who makes a
> mistake should admit it and try to correct it?
> The second reason is that a basic principle of the bagrut in English
> is that the students are supposed to follow instructions. In questions
> such as, Name ONE (reason)... the will get penalized if they give two
> reasons. Here they had to choose: either write something that's wrong
> but is within the lines mentioned, or write the correct answer, but
> not follow the instructions.
> There's another aspect to this, in that only the very good students
> (who are usually not the ones taking C) will be able to see that there
> is a mistake there. Again, set an example of fair play, anyone?
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