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2 Collection of problems in preparation for the international research
PISA
2.1 Instructions for the implementation of tasks
The priorities of evaluation of functional literacy PISA project students are three
areas - reading competence, mathematical and scientific literacy. In the PISA study
the ability of students, such as thinking, reasoning, problem solving and posing,
modeling, the use of different methods of presentation of the results are evaluated.
Thus, training competency of the participants of the international exam is determined
by three educational and informative activities - playing, application and reasoning.
Each group of tasks PISA examines the personal, social or global context and
expects different levels of diagnostic sciences and mathematical literacy of students.
The following instruction is offered
at performing tasks as a guideline .
1. Read the case studies and extract key information.
2. Pay attention to the drawings, diagrams, graphs
and tables to the tasks of
facilitating the understanding of the physical process
3. Think what expressions simplify the solution of the problem. For example,
when calculating the dynamics of power in them is usually considered permanent.
4. Try to make a schematic drawing or a picture, it is always make easier
reasoning. Remember that good charting is a half of the success in solving the
problem.
5. In most cases, it is advisable to solve the problem in a general way, denoting
all values with the corresponding letters and making with them the necessary
calculations.
6. After receiving the solution
in general, try to verify its reasonableness, by
analyzing dimensions and comparing it with the solved similar problem.
In the international PISA study all questions and learning activities for scientific
literacy are divided into three general groups: "How do you know?" - This is the task
to use methods of cognition. "Try to explain" - the task to explain phenomena and
facts. "Draw conclusions" - the task to identify the skills to draw conclusions from
the data.
Consider
doing the tasks for the
scientific literacy.
Task 1.
It has long been observed that the peeled apples, potatoes, mushrooms and
some other fruits and vegetables become darker in the air.
Question 1. Do you know why this is happening?
Answer.
The composition of fruits, vegetables and fungi include various organic
substances cyclic structure, which in the presence of biological catalysts, enzymes are
oxidized in the air to form a colored compound in dark colors.
Question 2: How can we prevent this process?
Answer.
Oxidation processes are slowed down in the presence of organic acids,
such as citric acid. Therefore, to keep fresh
cut apple, you need to cut moisten with
lemon juice or citric acid. The peeled potatoescfn can be added by finely chopped
onions.
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Task 2.
In Kazakhstan, there are areas suitable for the development of
alternative energy industries. What are these areas and give possible justification.
Question 1
.
What are the alternative energy industry?
Question 2:
What are these areas?
Question 3.
Why is it important to develop these industries?
Question 4:
What are the requirements for service to the development and
maintenance of these industries?
Answer.
Wind power, energy use of the earth's interior, the use of solar energy;
the center and south of Kazakhstan is for wind and solar energy, east is foe wind
energy, west is for solar energy; they prevent contamination of land, air basin, water,
waste-free, they are convenient to operate, require less labor force at a higher quality
requirements, special
education, in the field of ecology knowledge, general
knowledge; allow the use of inexhaustible types of natural resources, which is rich in
Kazakhstan due to its geographical location and the size of the territory.
Task 3.
Consider the picture of artist V. Vasnetsov "Magic Carpet" (Figure 1)
and approximately determine the direction in which part of the light fabulous flying
machine
is directed .
A. To the north.
B. In the north - east.
C. In the south - east.
D. South.
Figure 1
Answer.
Approximately to the north-east. It is identified by the moon. Pay
attention to the aging "Moon on the left side of the picture. This can be seen with just
the morning hours just before sunrise. Now it is about to the east, at the right hand of
the hero (the picture shows the summer and the summer moon
in this phase goes back
a bit to the north of the east). Consequently, a magic carpet is flying ito the north-
east.
In international studies PISA mathematics tasks are distributed over six levels:
1)tasks, where all relevant information is given, and the question is clearly
asked. Students can identify information and carry out conventional methods,
according to the certain situations;
2) tasks, for which students can apply basic algorithms, formulas, methods and
techniques;
3) tasks that
require sequential execution;
4) tasks that are specific models for specific situations;
5) tasks for which you need to define, compare, evaluate, create a specific
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strategy to address the problems;
6) tasks which include situations did not exist previously; develop new methods.
Tasks for mathematical literacy considers assignments with one story, but the
student is offered a few questions of different
levels of complexity, from simple to
calculate, to the questions of the 5th and 6th levels of difficulty, under which it is
necessary to use the knowledge of several branches of mathematics, or subjects of
natural science cycle and requires creativity and logical reasoning. The international
studies PISA tasks includes structured questions, i.e.
the content of questions content
is selected in such a way that in the course of their consistent implementation next
question has to do with the answers
to the previous questions, as well as important is
the ability of students to analyze the information provided in the form of tables,
charts, graphs.
Tasks in mathematical literacy.
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