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John Monash Science School is
a selective entry high school for up to 660 Year 10 to 12 students.
This specialist school will focus on Science, Mathematics and
associated technologies. It will open in February 2010 with
220 Year 10 students who did an exam in July 2009. It has
been built in the grounds of Monash University, Clayton. Further
details about the school can be found at www.jmss.vic.edu.au.
Selection will be by Academic
Assessment and [perhaps] an Interview.
Please note that the
government has not made any restrictions on enrolments.
Therefore the 5% rule does not apply to the John Monash
Science School.
The format for the exam is
:
Written Expression (Demonstrating an
interest and passion for Science) Two pieces of 25 minutes
each.
Mathematics (30 minutes for 60
questions)
Reading Comprehension (30 minutes for 50 questions)
Numerical Reasoning (30 minutes for 50 questions)
Verbal Reasoning (30 minutes for 60 questions)
Please note: the
candidates who applied for John Monash Science School in July 2009
only had to sit the science paper if they had sat for Mac.Rob or
Melbourne High for Year 10.
YEAR
8/9 workshops
Writing
Analytical
Writing -
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 or
an argument.
Mathematics
(four half days
or two whole 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
JMSS 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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