Junior High Education Exam Social Studies Features Over 50% Chart Questions, Connecting Current Events
The Junior High Education Exam is underway, with the Social Studies section featuring over 50% graph-based questions that link to current events like agricultural damage and environmental apps, focusing on information literacy and cross-disciplinary skills.
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The first day of the 115th Junior High Education Exam held today featured the Social Studies section. The questions ranged from easy to difficult, with chart-based questions accounting for over 50%. The topics were based on real life and linked to current news, such as agricultural damage from disasters, environmental consumption, and the French bedbug crisis.
Geography teacher Jia Sheng-ling from New Taipei Zhongping Junior High School noted that this year's Social Studies exam consisted entirely of multiple-choice questions. The exam emphasized students' ability to read images, charts, and data information, balancing text reading, image interpretation, chart analysis, and integrated question sets.
Regarding the characteristics of the questions, Jia mentioned that the questions were arranged from easy to difficult with moderate difficulty. Some emphasized cross-disciplinary integration and data interpretation, requiring students to possess the ability to synthesize and translate knowledge to judge the questions and answer them. The exam did not purely test memory but focused on whether candidates could understand concepts, read materials, and interpret information. The text length was similar to previous years, and questions could be completed within the time limit.
In addition to text descriptions, the Social Studies section used various formats like charts, photos, maps, and statistical data. For example, question 29 used the 'pit' in Taiwanese place names combined with contour river valley patterns as material, and question 40 used navigation traces drawn from various countries' logs between 1750 and 1850.
Jia pointed out that this year's exam was linked to daily life. For example, question 1 used agricultural damage from a disaster in July 2024 as material, and question 12 used the 2023 French bedbug crisis, hoping students could connect classroom learning with real-life experiences.
History teacher Chen Li-ting from Kaohsiung Mingyi Junior High School explained that the social studies section emphasized the integration of geography, history, and civics. For example, question 15 used an ancient city ruin at an altitude of over 2,000 meters as material, where special construction techniques were developed to prevent collapse during earthquakes. Students needed to combine historical knowledge with geographical understanding of the ancient civilization's location and seismic belt distribution.
Some questions also linked to current news. Civics teacher Shi Hsiu-ling from Kaohsiung Luzhu Junior High School gave an example where question 38 used an environmental protection APP called 'Scan Before Buying', allowing students to understand the relationship between consumer choice, corporate responsibility, information disclosure, and environmental protection.
Geography teacher Jia Sheng-ling from New Taipei Zhongping Junior High School noted that this year's Social Studies exam consisted entirely of multiple-choice questions. The exam emphasized students' ability to read images, charts, and data information, balancing text reading, image interpretation, chart analysis, and integrated question sets.
Regarding the characteristics of the questions, Jia mentioned that the questions were arranged from easy to difficult with moderate difficulty. Some emphasized cross-disciplinary integration and data interpretation, requiring students to possess the ability to synthesize and translate knowledge to judge the questions and answer them. The exam did not purely test memory but focused on whether candidates could understand concepts, read materials, and interpret information. The text length was similar to previous years, and questions could be completed within the time limit.
In addition to text descriptions, the Social Studies section used various formats like charts, photos, maps, and statistical data. For example, question 29 used the 'pit' in Taiwanese place names combined with contour river valley patterns as material, and question 40 used navigation traces drawn from various countries' logs between 1750 and 1850.
Jia pointed out that this year's exam was linked to daily life. For example, question 1 used agricultural damage from a disaster in July 2024 as material, and question 12 used the 2023 French bedbug crisis, hoping students could connect classroom learning with real-life experiences.
History teacher Chen Li-ting from Kaohsiung Mingyi Junior High School explained that the social studies section emphasized the integration of geography, history, and civics. For example, question 15 used an ancient city ruin at an altitude of over 2,000 meters as material, where special construction techniques were developed to prevent collapse during earthquakes. Students needed to combine historical knowledge with geographical understanding of the ancient civilization's location and seismic belt distribution.
Some questions also linked to current news. Civics teacher Shi Hsiu-ling from Kaohsiung Luzhu Junior High School gave an example where question 38 used an environmental protection APP called 'Scan Before Buying', allowing students to understand the relationship between consumer choice, corporate responsibility, information disclosure, and environmental protection.