A large number of students and parents were interested in attending the conference

On December 27, the Thinking Assessment Exam workshop program was held with the purpose of sharing changes to this year's exam, and listening to comments from the Departments of Education and Training, universities, high schools, parents and students.

During the lively discussion session of the seminar, there was an opinion that the presence of so many entrance exams today will cause difficulties for candidates?

Associate Professor. Chu Cam Tho, Head of the Department of Educational Research and Evaluation, Institute of Educational Sciences, Ministry of Education and Training, answered: The thinking assessment exam is groundbreaking, not focusing on testing knowledge. The principle is, you don't need to spend a lot of time practicing, you just need a good mindset to take the exam, because training your mind is a long process that has been formed throughout the study process.

Thinking assessment also provides other opportunities besides the high school graduation exam in the admission process to many candidates' favorite universities.

Associate Professor. Chu Cam Tho, Head of Educational Research and Evaluation Department, Institute of Educational Sciences, Ministry of Education and Training, presented a presentation at the Conference

The 2023 exam has many beneficial changes for learners

According to Associate Professor. Vu Duy Hai, Deputy Head of Admissions Department, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, learned from previous exams, the 2023 exam has many bright spots, favorable for students' test-taking process. The test's content has been adjusted to be more compact (from 270 minutes to 150 minutes) and is organized in a multiple-choice format on a computer. College admission majors can use the results of the Expanded Thinking Assessment, including science and technology, economics, engineering, industry, agriculture, finance, banking, and medicine.

This year's exam will be held in many rounds, in many locations, and there is no limit to the number of subjects or number of entries. Participating candidates will be issued a certificate of exam results valid for 2 years and can use this score to apply for admission to any University that accepts these results.

This year's thinking assessment also removed subject combinations to match the newly applied high school education program.

The Mathematics test is also converted to multiple-choice format with 4 types of structure: choose the correct answer, true/false, drag and drop and short answer. Associate Professor. Nguyen Phong Dien said that the exam structure in the Mathematical Thinking section is in accordance with international practices, ensuring objectivity in scoring and requiring candidates' essay and presentation abilities.

Associate Professor. Nguyen Phong Dien, Vice Rector of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, spoke at the Conference

According to the plan, Hanoi Polytechnic will complete the documents and content of exam question examples by the end of January 2023. The school also supports candidates to consolidate their knowledge, review for exams and practice tests on digital platforms, through a set of test questions in February 2023, sample test questions in March 2023 and a mock test. held in April 2023.

With the development of digital platform applications, candidates can easily take the test at home with just a computer and a stable network connection. The Thinking Assessment exam is expected to be held in 2 times in May and June before the High School Graduation Exam, and 1 time after the High School Graduation Exam so that candidates can choose the best results in the admission process. .

Representatives from Hanoi Polytechnic also expressed consistent views with the Ministry's policy that separate exam organizers do not organize review and tutoring.

Associate Professor. Nguyen Phong Dien affirmed once again that the Thinking Assessment exam is organized systematically with the goal of finding candidates with good thinking ability, which is trained and cultivated during the learning process. The Vice Principal does not encourage students to study at random, study incorrectly, and review through traditional exam preparation centers.

The exam is groundbreaking - promoting student bravery through thinking assessment

Overview of the 2023 Thinking Assessment Exam Workshop

In just one evening, the zalo group created by Ms. Tran Thi Hai Yen, Principal of Tran Phu High School (Hanoi), attracted the participation of nearly 400 students in the school interested in the Thinking Assessment exam. Ms. Yen appreciates the meaning and vision of the exam as it does not place too much emphasis on subject knowledge but focuses on assessing the candidates' skills and thinking ability. “To change the thinking of learners and teachers about general education takes a long time. I would like to ask schools, teachers and society to accompany and propagate these changes for the cause of Vietnamese education," Ms. Yen enthusiastically shared.

In the report of Associate Professor. Vu Duy Hai, the data parameters of the exams in the past 3 years have shown results showing that the spectrum of exam scores is close to a standard distribution, the exam questions are highly reliable, and widely distributed. with good classification ability.

Associate Professor. Chu Cam Tho said that if we continue to organize exams that depend on knowledge, it will be difficult to find candidates with the ability to study stably and succeed in a university environment. This is the conclusion obtained from domestic and international studies by researchers and educational practitioners.

According to her, the process of teaching and learning in high school, if not aimed at developing learners' thinking, cannot help students succeed in the process of higher learning and handling future work. If tests focus on assessing knowledge, they will miss opportunities for students to have thinking ability. Evaluate thinking in line with international trends, especially when many companies around the world have now begun to change their recruitment strategies.

Thinking is a process, with 3 levels of assessment: recurrent thinking, deductive thinking and higher-order thinking, so this process is completely capable of classifying candidates. If you want thinking to arise, you need to put the learner into the problem. The Thinking Assessment will include questions and situations to measure and evaluate the candidate's ability to speculate, reason, process and integrate information, and solve problems.

Many comments and opinions were shared at the discussion session of the Workshop

An opinion from a high school teacher at the conference also expressed agreement, saying that the Thinking Assessment test is consistent with student assessment criteria and has great impacts on teaching and learning methods in general education. The process of equipping learners with necessary skills for their future.

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