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Edutest™
format
This company will use the
same format for scholarship and accelerated
programs.
Those students wishing to
apply for scholarships or places at some schools will need to
sit at the earliest exam and share the results with the other
school, after paying a fee to each school.
Their format for the exam is
as follows:
Written Expression (Creative
piece)
Mathematics
Reading Comprehension
Numerical Reasoning
Verbal reasoning
Our HES exam preparation workshops offer your
child techniques that will assist them in performing at their best
on the day.
Edutest™ Exam
Papers
Written
Expression 15mins This area looks to assess the ability of the
writer to clearly convey their thoughts in a written piece. The
Edutest™ website refers to the assessment of punctuation,
creativity, construction, grammar, spelling and relevance to the
task.
Common to all exams, the
writing component looks at the student’s ability to present their
thoughts through writing. The main aim is to assess the content,
structure and expression of the written piece.
Mathematics
The
Edutest™ website refer to mathematical knowledge, including number,
measurement, algebra, space and data. 30 minutes is given for 60
questions.
ReadingComprehension The Edutest™ website notes that this
area “measures the capacity to read and interpret meaning from
written passages and sentence correction.” 30 minutes is given for 50 questions.
Numerical Reasoning
This
paper examines how well a student can think and reason numerically.
30 minutes is given for
45 questions.
Verbal Reasoning
This
paper looks to see how well a student can think and reason
verbally. 30 minutes is given for 60 questions.
HES Workshops
offered
YEAR 4 &
5workshops Year 4 & 5 Dates and
Prices
Writing -We have two programs. They are
called Write Creatively and Write to Inform (EACH is two half
days).
Write
Creatively- our emphasis here is on the structure of an
essay, the use of expressive language and the way to respond to an
illustration or other visual prompts.
Write to Inform
- our emphasis here is on the organisation of this type of
essay, the use of effective language and the way to express a point
of view .
Mathematics (two half days). We focus on Maths
problem solving and exam technique. These workshops are not
about training in the basic processes of Mathematics.
Students entering for Scholarships should already be proficient at
Maths.
There are two stages in
solving any problem.
o
Analysis – what is this problem really about? What data
does the question have which may help solve it?
o
Strategies – the skills that will help to solve the
problem.
Reading Comprehension
A half
day course to teach students the skills of inferential reading, as
well as how to interpret maps, diagrams, charts, and
illustrations.
Practice
Exams are fundamental to our
program. Every practice exam comes with complete performance
analysis with detailed explanation for every answer. We
provide you with the most authentic testing experience outside of
the actual exam. Results and corrected papers are handed back
to students and parents within fifteen minutes of the conclusion of
the exam. Year 4 and 5 students musthave undertaken at least one of our
workshops to sit a Practice Exam.
YEAR
6 workshops Year 6 Dates and Prices
Writing(two half days).
Creative
Writing - our emphasis here is on the structure of
an essay, the use of expressive language and the way to respond to
an illustration or other visual prompts.
Mathematics (four half days).
We focus on Maths problem
solving and exam technique. These workshops are not about training
in the basic processes of Mathematics. Students entering for
Scholarships should already be proficient at Maths. (over
nearly twenty years we have gathered from students information
about the questions used in exams).
There are two stages in
solving any problem.
o
Analysis – what is this problem really about?
What data does the question have which may help
solve it?
o Strategies
– the skills that will help to solve the problem.
Reading Comprehension
- A
one-day course (9:15am – 3:15pm) to teach students the skills of
inferential reading, as well as how to interpret maps, diagrams,
charts, and illustrations. To select from answers which include
partly correct answers, common errors of reasoning and
misconceptions requires students to analyse the text quite
closely.
Numerical Reasoning
- a half
day course to look with students at the skills that Numerical
Reasoning tests are examining. Numerical Reasoning Tests
measure the degree to which people can work comfortably with
quantitative concepts.
Verbal Reasoning
- a half day course to look with the students
at the skills that Verbal Reasoning tests examine. This paper looks
to examine the students’ ability see relationships between words
and solve problems using language. It includes verbal analogies,
synonyms, antonyms and logical reasoning.
Practice Exams
- are
fundamental to our program. Every practice exam comes with
complete performance analysis with detailed explanation for every
answer. We provide you with the most authentic testing
experience outside of the actual exam. Results are handed
back to students and parents within 15 minutes of the conclusion of
the exam with written explanations.
YEAR
8 workshops Year 8 Dates and Prices
Writing(two half days.
Creative
Writing - our emphasis here is on the structure of
an essay, the use of expressive language and the way to respond to
an illustration or other visual prompts.
Mathematics (four half days).
We focus on Maths problem
solving and exam technique. These workshops are not about training
in the basic processes of Mathematics. Students entering for
Scholarships should already be proficient at Maths. (over
nearly twenty years we have gathered from students information
about the questions used in exams).
There are two stages in
solving any problem.
o
Analysis – what is this problem really about?
What data does the question have which may help
solve it?
o Strategies
– the skills that will help to solve the problem.
Reading Comprehension
- A
one-day course to teach students the skills of inferential
reading as well as how to interpret maps, diagrams, charts, and
illustrations. To select from answers which include partly correct
answers, common errors of reasoning and misconceptions requires
students to analyse the text quite closely.
Verbal Reasoning
- A one-day course to look with the students
at the skills that Verbal Reasoning tests examine. This paper
looks to examine the students’ ability see relationships between
words and solve problems using language. It includes verbal
analogies, synonyms, antonyms and logical reasoning.
Numerical
Reasoning- A
one-day course to look with students at the skills that Numerical
Reasoning tests are examining. Numerical Reasoning Tests
measure the degree to which people can work comfortably with
quantitative concepts.
Practice Exams
- are
fundamental to our program. Every practice exam comes with
complete performance analysis with detailed explanation for every
answer. We provide you with the most authentic testing
experience outside of the actual exam. Results and corrected
papers are handed back to students and parents within fifteen
minutes of the conclusion of the exam with written
explanations.
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