Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Examination Specifications

Geography 12

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

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2008/09 General Exam Information for important information regarding general changes to provincial examinations.

• Revisions to Geography 12

Specifications

• The Table of Specifications and Description of Examination (44 KB) show teachers and students how the Geogrpahy 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 links to the prescribed learning outcomes for Geography 12

• Curriculum Connections provide a link to the examinable Presecribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs) as described in the Geography 12 IRP, 2006.

• A Key Verbs (6 KB) list is provided to help students read, analyze and respond to written-response or short-answer questions.

• The Essay Scoring Rubric (Scoring Guide) (31 KB) explains how students will be marked on the Case Study.

Samples

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

Older exams posted on our website are for reference only and are not necessarily representative of the exams for the 2008/09 school year.