The contest of a school teacher (PERC) has two written tests of eligibility, in French and mathematics. The goal is to verify that you have sufficient knowledge in both subjects, but also you have the ability to transmit. Here you will find details on each component the math test exercises and tips for success. By Audrey Steeves
The math test is to assess the knowledge of subject knowledge required for teaching, but also the ability to step back compared to different concepts, conduct an argument, and to share it clearly and rigorous.
In terms of the assessed level, it is set at a level of end of college, since the concepts covered in primary school are the foundation of a larger body which will then be developed in the secondary.
It has three distinct parts:
1. A problem on one or more areas of the school or college programs, or on elements of core knowledge, skills and culture. This problem can about a given topic, use several registers: digital, algebraic, geometric, graphic, etc. (13 points)
2. Independent of exercises to test the knowledge and skills of the candidate in different areas of the school or college programs. These exercises may be proposed in the form of multiple choice questions, questions to answer or built many types of errors in analysis of student work, formulating hypotheses about their origins. (13 points)
3. An analysis of a file consisting of one or more teaching aids mathematics, chosen in the programs of primary school, whether for students or teachers to (textbooks, type documents teaching), and productions of students of all types, to assess the candidate’s ability to master the concepts present in educational situations. (14 points)
Not included in the scale of 40 points, up 5 points can be removed to accommodate the syntactic correctness and print quality of production, understood to mean writing complete sentences and spelled satisfactorily. A comprehensive final mark below 10 is eliminatory.
Part one: the problem
It allows the candidate to demonstrate its ability to link different registers mathematics, ie digital records, algebraic, geometric, graphic, etc. It must also allow him to show he has a good representation of different statutes encountered in mathematics statements: data, assumptions, properties or theorems.
This problem can have multiple parts; may be asked the candidate to demonstrate the known properties, to model a situation in order to solve a practical exercise or to create a more general reasoning.
Tips for writing a demonstration
It follows a standard presentation rule that is based on the "link deductive" and whose frame is always:
1) we know (or "assumed" or "from the data" ): the useful and relevant information in the text are cited here;
2) so so : the property must be noted here the way as rigorous as possible as it has been studied;
3) therefore (or "it follows that" or "therefore" ): the expected conclusion is then shown accurately to what is asked in the question of the exercise.
Part II: exercises
This part is so heterogeneous in form and substance. The variety of exercises makes it possible the jury to assess different skills from the candidate: knowledge, know-how more practical and professional, but also the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge.
So you can find:
MCQ, sometimes accompanied by a request for justification;
Questions or open constructed response, asking for their resolution, justification of reasoning used
analyzing issues of error. Then you have to follow a specific pattern of response explaining how education (cycle or class) can this year have been given, then do the analysis of student work (description of mistakes, assumptions the origin of these errors) and possibly offer your remediation solutions.
Third part: the analysis of a file
The file analysis represents the part of the height scale and the most consistent in terms of information to absorb and process. But located at the end of trial and very different from the others, she does not always get sufficient time for treatment. Thus, it would be wise to devote about 1:30, a half hour to the close reading of different types of proposed documents and content, and then about an hour to answer the questions.
Unlike the first two parts, focusing on discipline, this final part of the test has a high "professional" dimension. One seeks to check out the skills of didactic and pedagogical. Also the expected answers are not within the "exact science." Rather they are indicative of the understanding of a teaching situation and projection it is possible to do to understand and perhaps improve some elements.
Elementary School Programs
School or classroom work files textbooks
Teaching guides or accompanying documents
Work by students
Each proposed document is followed by one or a series of questions, to which we must try to post a comment every time. While it is not perfect or underdeveloped, it can indeed bring a number of points on the final grade.
The processing order of the questions presented on the copy is completely irrelevant, the three parties are very different in form and the required skills. So everything is a matter of personal organization and training.
However, it is better to start with exercises where the more comfortable you feel: one is more reassuring, and secondly, these are points that will probably be acquired if the time s’ proves a little short at the end of trial, and in which there will not have any regrets.
Whatever the chosen order, it must however be required good management of time not to exceed one third of the time for each part. No way to forget his watch that day!
Prepare for each event
For the first two parts, is the knowledge of the program, vocabulary and mastery of mathematical concepts is expected. To get there, no mystery: only training and rehearsal exercises will achieve the necessary automation to success on D-Day, they will also help you develop a good organization and time management.
The last part requires study and knowledge of a number of institutional records or field related to education and a certain critical distance. It also calls on the candidate’s experience and what he observed in a classroom situation during his internship.
All information and tips in this article are taken from the PERC work eligibility of all races, MCAT prep online edition, written by teachers and trainers.
Very complete, adapted to new rounds of the competition and updated every year, this book gives you over reminders, methodological advice and numerous exercises and corrected annals to lead you.
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