Test (assessment)

A class test is a written proof of performance, the student must provide supervision with timing. The term class work is not used in German-speaking defined; as it is called in Bavaria as a school assignment and in Austria as school work. In some cases, it is understood to be working class, a special form of group work. Different interpretations, there are also between different types of schools. For example, class work will be in elementary school until the third grade required. Class work performance assessments that are subject to performance evaluation and run through the grading to differentiation. A challenging class work should not only be aimed abzuprüfen pure factual knowledge, but it should also be required that certain facts are and application- processing problem-oriented. The main goal of such tasks is in addition to the knowledge and skills to check the problem solving behavior of the students and to judge. In class work larger learning units are queried, which contain the substance of the past school hours. The resulting scores are usually more important than other notes (for example, by learning to target testing or oral notes).

Situation in Germany

In Germany a class of work is referred to (or in Bavaria as a school assignment ) as a work in lower secondary school, which usually one lesson, in subjects such as German, but in which the processing of the tasks takes more time, but also 2 hours ( so 45 or 90 minutes) takes. The dates for the class work will be determined by the respective subject teachers often at the beginning of the half year. But you must be announced to the students at least two days before the appointment. In class work larger learning units are queried, which contain the substance of the past school hours. Class papers are written in lower secondary education majors in two to three times per semester, giving rise in written subjects, the overall score taking into account the other employees and the smaller works. In the sixth form the classwork hot exams. It can be distinguished with regard to the scope of the class work:

• The large class works always make written performance reviews dar. Unlike tests is the number per school year (or, if it at all school work is in an object ) and the duration ( at least one lesson, dhidR 45 minutes, up to 4 lessons) in school work curriculum prescribed. In Germany and Austria are considered classic schoolwork subjects German, mathematics and foreign languages.
• The smaller performance records who do not take whole school hour to complete or unannounced and will also be named by region. Smaller works often contain only a few tasks that get the school curriculum of the immediately preceding lesson or be carried out spontaneously at the discretion of the teacher. They are in East Germany called uniform power control (SC ). Western German states appoint small working -objective control or homework check ( HÜ ). In colloquial language is spoken here by test.

In Bavaria, hot small, announced work " short work". At Bavarian grammar school tasks can be replaced by two short works under certain circumstances. The working time of a short-time work is half of what is usual for a school assignment. Short papers are written in some federal states in Germany in the 11th grade of high school, in the subjects in which no homework will be written. On the other hand, secondary schools include short works ( and not class work ) twice, a different weighting may, however, be determined by the teacher at the beginning of the school year, and shall be communicated to students in advance. Unannounced, knowledge tests are smaller in Bavaria ( this, coll s) Extemporale or impromptu task, called by students colloquially " Ex".

Situation in the GDR

In native language of the GDR a class work was a great job for one or two lessons, which always finished a chapter material and therefore could encompass all facets of the topic area. Working class had the highest censorship weight and were generally announced in advance. A special form, there was the so-called control works that were to be considered to determine the Endjahreszensur as class work. The term exam was used in the GDR in a traditional German language so that no exam was written but the class work, examination was made, etc. under examination.

Medium works on 30 to 45 minutes were called power control. Were asked about major sub-chapter, but never a fabric area as a whole. In contrast to class work had a performance assessment will not be announced ( unannounced LK). As a variant of the power control, there was also the oral performance assessment, usually only for one or two ( randomly selected ) student, but in principle be taken before the whole class, so for example, a detailed interrogation of the substance, an annotated reckon, an impromptu presentation or a Colloquium with the teacher. The regular reader checks to all students of a class ( reading aloud a long, often difficult text passages on censorship, rated by word errors, emphasizing errors Lautungsfehlern ) were classified as power control generally. Dictations were equally regarded as a performance control.

Small works were called generally short control and usually lasted between 15 and 30 minutes maximum. Shortly controls were not normally announced. The fabric of the past few hours or a general reflection on a subject were in the foreground. In the lower level of the polytechnic secondary school, called a special form of short control daily exercise. Daily exercises were held at the beginning of each lesson and put immediately in the first week of school early one. It was in mathematics, for example, by 10-20 computing tasks, or Penmanship by 5-10 lines of letters, each of these three strictly evaluated daily exercises were then combined into a censorship. The short check there was also a short oral control. In the GDR, were allowed to be collected and graded, without limitation, all the homework, as well as the transcripts of the student (assessment of form, order, completeness, etc.). When classification was often short of control, but also selected the performance management of larger scale. Spongy oral participation notes were not issued because of cooperation was one of the four head grades. Therefore, passed the so-called oral -year marks in one subject always of dictations, blackboard arithmetic, reading checks, short inspections, performance assessments, presentations and the like, ie good zensierbaren, selective oral reviews.

Situation in Austria

In Austria, it refers to written works that extend into the upper secondary or lower level in the main school usually lasts for one hour and take place in school subjects such as German, mathematics and English. In the upper Austrian high schools, these subjects are supplemented by other languages ​​such as Italian, Latin and French. Students real gymnasialer branches Write in higher classes usually also schoolwork in subjects such as physics and biology, at BHS there are numerous other school work spaces, such as Accounting and Business Management at commercial colleges.

From the 5th year ( 9th grade ) are also works ( ie 50 minutes) last longer than one lesson, as usual. The dates for the class work is often set at the beginning of the half year by the respective subject teachers and announced to the students in the first days after the semester begins. For class tests include tests which may not, however, be unannounced; the dates are two teaching days in advance to announce ( Assessment Regulation § 8, paragraph 2). After three days off in a row, it is not allowed to ask for class work or oral examinations; Also, it is illegal to take place more work in a day.