Today, Tuesday, June 4, the GEL candidates are going to be examined in the courses of Antiquities, Mathematics, and Biology.
It is recalled that yesterday, June 3, EPAL candidates were examined in the courses Anatomy-Physiology II, Principles of Economic Theory, Computer Networks, and Principles of Organic Agriculture.
Yesterday, June 3, EPAL candidates were examined in the courses Anatomy-physiology II, principles of Economic Theory, Computer Networks, and Principles of Organic Agriculture.
How the three courses are examined
In Ancient Greek
For the examination of the course “Ancient Greek” of the Humanities Orientation Group, the following apply:
1. Candidates are given excerpts of a taught text from the original 12-20 verses with semantic coherence and a parallel text in Modern Greek from the ancient or modern script, Greek or universal, and are asked to respond to:
i) One (1) comprehension question asking them to decode parts of the text from the original and extract key information found in the text. The question can be divided into two sub-questions in the form of closed-ended (true or false, multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, etc.) or open-ended questions.
ii) Two (2) interpretive questions:
– The first refers to ideas/values/problems, to attitudes/ethics/character of persons, to the historical/social/cultural context of the time of the work, to the structure/composition of the text, to stylistic/aesthetic issues, based on what was learned from the original text.
– The second refers to the parallel text about the above-examined text from the original.
iii) One (1) closed-ended question referring to the literary genre to which the text from the original belongs, the author or his work.
iv) One (1) lexical-semantic question (connection of ancient and new words, preservation or change of their meaning, families of homonymous words, simple or compound, synonyms, antonyms).
2. An untutored prose text of the Attic dialect of 12-20 verses of a stereotyped version with semantic coherence is also given. A short relevant introductory note is prefaced to the untutored text, through which extra-textual information, necessary for understanding the text, is given.
Students are invited to:
i) To translate into modern Greek part of the text from eight to ten (8-10) verses.
ii) To answer one (1) comprehension question referring to the semantic axis of the text.
iii) To answer one (1) grammar question, which can be broken down into two sub-questions.
iv. To answer one (1) syntax question (e.g. recognition of words/phrases/sentences/other structural elements of the text, transformation of part of the text in terms of its structural-functional dimension), which can be broken down into two sub-questions.
3. Each requested question-activity that is asked for the taught or parallel or untaught text is graded with ten (10) units of the one-hundred-point scale. The translation of the unteachable text is graded with twenty (20) points.
For the examination of the above topics, both in the taught and untaught text, it is considered appropriate to utilize a variety of question types.
Tatiana Blatnik: The Odyssey of a princess from the hallows
Maths
For the examination of the “Mathematics” course of the Positive Studies and Health Studies Orientation Group and the Economics and IT Studies Orientation Group, the following apply:
1. Course candidates are given four (4) topics from the exam material, which can be broken down into sub-questions, which test the ability to reproduce cognitive elements, the knowledge of concepts and terminology, and the ability to execute known algorithms, the ability of the candidate to analyze, synthesize and creatively process a given material, as well as the ability to select and apply an appropriate method.
2. The four topics given to candidates are structured as follows:
a) The first subject consists of theory questions concerning concepts, definitions, lemmas, propositions, theorems and conclusions. With this topic, the understanding of the basic concepts, the most important conclusions, as well as their importance in the organization of a logical structure is tested.
b) The second topic consists of an exercise that is an application of definitions, algorithms or propositions (properties, theorems, conclusions).
c) The third subject consists of an exercise that requires the candidate the ability to combine and synthesize concepts and evidential or computational procedures.
d) The fourth subject consists of an exercise or a problem, the solution of which requires the candidate to combine and synthesize knowledge.
Biology
For the examination of the Biology course of the Group of Orientation in Positive Studies and Health Studies, the following apply:
Candidates are given four (4) topics that are as follows:
a) The first and second topics consist of independent questions aimed at testing the acquisition of knowledge and the ability to present and substantiate issues related to the material being examined and the candidate’s understanding of biological concepts, processes, or phenomena.
b) The third topic consists of questions aimed at testing the candidate’s ability to use theoretical knowledge and skills (analysis, synthesis, etc.) to evaluate data and draw conclusions.
c) The fourth topic consists of an exercise or a problem and aims to test the candidate’s ability to use, in combination, the knowledge or skills acquired to solve them.
The grading is distributed in 25 units for each of the four topics.
