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YOUNG SCHOLARS ARE BUSY DISPLAYING SCHOOL YEAR'S EFFORTS _ 1 WONDER = | MAYBE . . : | COULDIT.. OF tug PIERRE ial | r , | se HISTORY: MYRON WARENYCIA AND TEACHER Study, study everywhere--it's that time again to think. While some of us who'ye. forgotten the difference between a FINISHED: DAVID HAWBOLDT biogomial theorem and osmosis are taking "advantage" ofthe OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1965 longer days to brag about our golf scores, Oshawa's 15,000 students are cramming their hours with everything from algebra to zoology. The finals, however, just aren't what they used to be. For the first time this year the final marks for grade 13 students will not be entirely based on the result of depart- mental examinations. They will contribute 25 percent to the final standing. Not so revolutionary, is the elementary school policy of depending not more than 50 percent on final testing in deter- mining the pupils' final standing. Those with a 66 percent average in tests and term work in grades nine and 10 will be exempted from finals and grade 11 and 12 students, depending on the school, can expect their term work to contribute approximately 50 percent to their final gradé. Grade 13 students will have completed most of their exams by the 18th after about 10 days of performance sep- arated by study. Public school pupils in grade eight will finish their .finals by June 15, about one week before the other grades, to give high school officials the number of grade 9 prospects as soon 4s possible. Public schools will close their deors for the summer recess June 29. ' Most students in grades nine through 12 will have finished- up by June 16. Educators are depending more and more on objective testing as the number of students increases and computers become available for grading papers. This system,: which enables large numbers of tests to be marked by machine in a short time, must depend mainly on a students's ability to recall facts rather than organizing them in a logical manner. At the same time this type of testing is oblivious to a student's personality and does not take into consideration any emotional difficulties a youngster may have. Children, who may have sufficient knowledge but do not perform well under pressure or are not up to par durfng an examination cannot be fairly judged on their year's work solely by one two-hour sitting. | Because of this more emphasis is necessary on term ( work to give an accurate assessment. ( The Oshawa Board of Education, the Separate School ; Board and the Department of Education are doing just that. } ' At the university level objective testing is more effective because adult behavior is more predictable and college H students have learned the fundamentals of communication. i It is very difficult to evaluate a public school pupil's is performance on an objective test since he is just learing how 4 5 . ' to communicate and the necessary close teacher-student ; x2 ~-Yelationship.demands much more teacher-opinion for grading } t -Mental Abilities Given Acid Test JOHN FRY Of The Oshawa Times Staff purposes. Even at institutions of higher learing there are residence CONFIDENCE: KATHERINE TAYLOR requirements, justified by term work, which some of the } students on this page will experience, pestis PAPA A AA Heres EEGEE AERA BI SE SSE ji POLS i CS) Taher corte! s . WORLD AT HER FINGERTIPS:' DIANNE WILLOUGHBY APPLIED SCIENCE: HAROLD SILVERS se eetoaias KH MYSTIQUE OF SCIENCE: GREGORY CAMPIN Times Photos-By Bruce Jones,