Calculus, largely excluded from the scope of exams… Possibility of ‘strengthening university exams and killer questions’
There is also a prediction that “the difficulty of the CSAT will rise again”… There are growing concerns about weakening competitiveness in the science and engineering field.
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(Sejong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Soo-hyun = As ‘Advanced Mathematics’ will no longer be included in the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) for the 2028 school year, which will be taken by second year middle school students, test takers will only take the test in mathematics at the current liberal arts level.
The decision not to create a new advanced math course appears to be a measure taken into consideration concerns that private education costs may increase.
However, distinguishing the top test takers is expected to emerge as a key issue.
The admissions industry predicts that university-specific exams may be strengthened to select the top students.
As the scope of questions has narrowed, there is also a view that the difficulty level of the CSAT may rise again for discrimination purposes, resulting in questions at the level of ‘killer questions’ (extremely difficult questions).
Announcement of 2028 College Scholastic Ability Test to be conducted in an integrated format
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Joo-ho attended the announcement of the 2028 college entrance exam system reform plan at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of October 10th and made a presentation regarding the abolition of the selective CSAT and integration of subjects. [연합뉴스 자료사진. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
◇ Calculus is largely excluded from the scope of questions due to concerns about ‘stimulating private education’
The National Education Commission, an administrative committee under the President, announced on the 22nd that it would pass a recommendation on not establishing advanced mathematics to the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education plans to soon announce the final plan for the 2028 college entrance reorganization, reflecting the decision of the National Education Commission, but it is extremely unlikely that advanced mathematics will be revived in the Ministry of Education’s final plan.
Accordingly, the scope of the CSAT math questions ranges from the common subjects ‘Mathematics I’ and ‘Mathematics II’ and the elective subjects ‘Probability and Statistics’, ‘Calculus’ and ‘Geometry’ to ‘Algebra’ and ‘Calculus I’ without elective subjects. It is expected to be narrowed down to ‘probability and statistics’.
Test takers only need to study mathematics at the liberal arts level.
The current CSAT subjects, ‘Mathematics I’ and ‘Math II’, are the same subjects as ‘Algebra’ and ‘Calculus I’, respectively, which are the scope of questions in the mathematics section of the 2028 CSAT.
‘Probability and Statistics’ is also a subject often chosen by liberal arts students.
However, the limit of sequence, differential calculus, and integral calculus included in the current elective subject ‘Calculus’ are excluded from the scope of CSAT questions.
Quadratic curves, plane vectors, spatial shapes, and spatial coordinates in ‘Geometry’ are also excluded from the scope of the test.
It appears that the reason the National Education Commission decided not to establish a new advanced mathematics program was because it prioritized concerns about the rapid increase in learning burden and private education costs.
Currently, students taking the CSAT Mathematics need to study a total of three subjects, including two common subjects and one elective subject.
However, once advanced mathematics is newly established, test takers who choose advanced mathematics must study a total of five subjects in mathematics.
A world without worries about private education, an educational civic group, said, “Until 2020, the scope of the CSAT was excessive, so advanced private education was prevalent, and there were academies that taught geometry, a subject for the 2nd semester of the 3rd year of high school, when the 6th grade of elementary school was in use.” “It will bring back this nightmare,” he criticized.
[그래픽] Scope of CSAT math questions according to 2028 college entrance reform
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jae-yoon = As ‘Advanced Mathematics’ will no longer be included in the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) for the 2028 school year, which will be taken by second year middle school students, test takers will only take the test in mathematics at the current liberal arts level. The decision not to create a new advanced math course appears to be a measure taken into consideration concerns that private education costs may increase. [email protected] Twitter @yonhap_graphics Facebook tuney.kr/LeYN1
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◇ The possibility of ‘killer questions’ increasing… Possibility of strengthening ‘university-specific examinations’
In the college entrance exam industry, there are predictions that it may become difficult to secure top rankings as the scope of math questions on the CSAT narrows and consists of easier subjects than ‘calculus’ and ‘geometry’, which are currently mainly seen by science students.
Woo Yeon-cheol, head of the Entrance Exam Strategy Research Center at Jinhaksa, predicted, “With the absence of advanced mathematics, it will become quite difficult to secure distinction through the CSAT.”
Lim Seong-ho, CEO of Jongno Academy, diagnosed, “If the questions are presented incorrectly, there may be a series of perfect scorers in the CSAT math.”
In the end, some predict that the difficulty level of major areas such as Korean, mathematics, and English on the CSAT may be overall higher than it is now in order to secure the top level of distinction.
In this case, there is a possibility that the controversy over the ‘killer questions’ will continue.
If it becomes difficult to secure discrimination through the CSAT, there is also talk of the possibility of strengthening university-specific tests to select students on their own.
Currently, regular admissions at major universities in Seoul often reflect only CSAT scores 100%, but there is also a view that such cases will decrease in the future.
Lee Man-gi, director of the Uway Educational Evaluation Research Institute, predicted, “Because the scope of the CSAT test has been reduced, CSAT questions will inevitably be more integrated. Although the government will say that it is not a killer question, there will be more difficult questions for test takers.” .
Representative Lim said, “If the CSAT is released loosely, university-specific examinations may be strengthened,” adding, “There will be universities or departments that will try to check whether or not students have completed in-depth math in high school (rather than reflecting 100% of the CSAT score) even in regular admissions.” “I saw it.
Director Woo also said, “There will be universities that reflect interviews, essays, and student records in addition to CSAT scores in regular admissions.”
Students reviewing college application reference chart
(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Ki-won = On the morning of the 8th, the day the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test score is distributed, students are looking at the college application reference table in a third-grade classroom at Hyowon High School, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do. 2023.12.8 [email protected]
◇ Concerns about decline in competitiveness of students in science and engineering fields… “You have to go to college and learn high school courses.”
There is expected to be a backlash in the mathematics community over the decrease in the amount of mathematics learning, which is the basis for nurturing cutting-edge talent.
In particular, calculus is a core concept in modern mathematics and is considered the most basic discipline for studying science and engineering at universities.
This raises concerns that the mathematical ability of science and engineering students who will work in science and technology fields, which will determine future national competitiveness, may decline in the long term.
Previously, the Korean Mathematical Society argued for the establishment of advanced mathematics and emphasized that “Calculus II” and “Geometry” subjects are essential mathematics necessary for receiving a science and engineering college education.”
He then criticized, “Only in Korea is the absurd situation in which a significant number of college freshmen have to spend time learning the high school curriculum as if they were fourth-year high school students.”
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