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In History, students are given a chronology to put in order, important figures from world history to identify, and terms such as “monarchy", “republic”, “tyranny”, “coup d’etat”, to define. The Geography section of the examination is the section that students find the most interesting because they must answer a series of questions about a country or region whose number they have chosen at random. If, for example, a student selects number 17, he learns that India is the country on which he will be tested. The Geography section also includes questions on geographical terms and map reading.
In Logic students are expected to be able to draw diagrams representing universal propositions, to test the truth of simple syllogisms, and to find and explain patterns in series of numbers and symbols.
Sections of elementary Latin and French are included in the examination because Wakefield students begin the study of these languages in the elementary grades.
Lynn points out several ways in which the Wakefield examination differs from the average standardized Achievement tests: The Wakefield test is designed to be more “content-oriented”, and is derived from the actual work the children have been doing. "I remember”, Lynn says, "a social studies question on a Standarized Achievement Test which asked students to identify Mayilyn Monroe’s third husband. It's perhaps an interesting fact, but not terribly relevant to children who have been slaving over Greek and Roman history.” Another difference in the Wakefield examination is that it has absolutely no multiple choice questions. "The ^ students are expected to initiate the answers,” Lynn says, “not simply recognize them.” The most important difference is that the Wakefield exam will be the basis of a student’s
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