Scholarship Analysis for Teaching and Learning

Mt. Roskill Grammar School has a long and proud history of performing highly in the scholarships examinations.

If you are a student intending to sit scholarship, it is useful for you to know clearly what will be expected of you in the examinations. Who better to tell you what is expected than the examiners themselves. Cheryl Harvey and Jennifer Glenn, secondary facilitators from Team Solutions at the University of Auckland, have compiled a list of what the examiners say they are looking for when questions contain certain words, such as Analyse, Critically Analyse, Evaluate, Synthesise or Create/Show Original Thinking. The subjects covered in this analysis are:

• English
• Science 
• Technology  
• Media Studies
• Biology 
• Physical Education 
• Visual Arts 
• Chemistry 
• Classical Studies 
• French  
• Physics 
• Drama 
• Music      
• Accounting 
• Geography 
• History 
• Economics 
• Mathematics 
• Home Economics 
• Graphics                 

The first half of the document looks at each of the key words over a range of subjects. The second half looks at each subject individually.

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