Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Examination Specifications

Biology 12

2008/09 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2008 through August 2009.

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2008/09 General Examination Information regarding booklet format information and general changes to provincial examinations.

Specifications

• The Table of Specifications (33 KB) shows teachers and students how the Biology 12 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations.

The Provincial examination represents 40% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 60%.

There may be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may evaluate performance on only a sample of these outcomes.

• Cognitive Levels provide a description of what each cognitive level means.

• Description of the Provincial Exam (28 KB) provides a description of the examination

• Curriculum Connections (194 KB) provides a link to the Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs).

• Experimental Design Questions (39KB) show examples of experimental design type questions.

• Examination Terminology (39KB) provides some biology-related terms commonly used on Biology 12 provincial examinations, prefaced by an important qualifying paragraph.

Samples

• Sample Questions (510 KB) illustrate the types and range of questions students may need to answer.

• Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.