Provincial Examinations
Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications
Principles of Mathematics 10
2008/09 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2008 through August 2009.
Changes
- Refer to the 2008/09 General Examination Information regarding booklet format information and general changes to provincial examinations.
Specifications
- The Table of Specifications [35 KB pdf] shows teachers and students how the Principles of Mathematics 10 curriculum will be tested on the provincial examinations. The Table of Specifications provides percentage weightings for each of the curriculum organizers and the relative weighting of each cognitive level.
A detailed description of each curriculum organizer will be found in the Prescribed Learning Outcomes section of the Principles of Mathematics 10 to 12: Integrated Resource Package 2006. [161 KB pdf]
It is expected that there will be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom assessments and others on provincial examinations. School assessments measure performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may only evaluate performance on a sample of these outcomes.
The provincial examination represents 20% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 80%.
- Cognitive Levels provide a description of what each cognitive level means.
- Curriculum Connections [76 KB pdf] provide a list of the examinable prescribed learning outcomes (PLOs). The prescribed learning outcomes for Principles of Mathematics 10 have been coded for ease of reference for those compiling provincial examinations. The following PLOs have been elaborated upon to describe how they apply to the examination.
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- Student Reference [141KB pdf] clarifies the definition of certain terms. There is also a copy of the Formulae Sheet, which will be included as a reference for students in the Principles of Mathematics 10 provincial examination.
- The use of a calculator is required to answer some of the questions on the exam. Other than the approved type of calculator, students are not allowed to use any other electronic device.
- Ministry Calculator Policy [73 KB pdf]
- Approved Graphing Calculator Listing [81 KB pdf]
Samples
- Sample Questions [1.58 MB pdf] show the range of questions by each cognitive level, where possible, for the provincially examinable PLOs. The sample questions are intended to represent the PLOs and are not an exhaustive list of all possible examination questions.
- Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.
Please note that the 2008/09 exams will follow the content and the format of the Sample Examination for 2007/08. Older exams posted on our website are for reference only and are not necessarily representative of the exams for the 2008/09 school year.
Item Level Analysis
- Edudata provides Item-Level Response Reports at the provincial, district and school level, that can assist educators in interpreting and understanding the common errors students made on their exams.
