Putting History to the Test
History Exams Around the World
- herausgegeben von
- Peter Gautschi, Lindsay Gibson, Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse, Joanna Wojdon
- unter Mitarbeit von
- Timothy Adams, Anitha Oforiwah Adu-Boahen, Suhaimi Afandi, Gulzar Ahmad, Fredrik Alvén, Alison Bedford, Denise Bentrovato, Markus Bernhardt, Ran Bi, Yeow-Tong Chia, Sylvain Doussot, Catherine Duquette, Prince Essiaw, Ágnes Fischerné Dárdai, María Julia Flores, Peter Gautschi, Lindsay Gibson, Katja Gorbahn, Elwira Górczak-Ulman, Nobuyuki Harada, Terry Haydn, Tim Huijgen, Charlotte Husemann, József Kaposi, Włodzimierz Kowalczyk, Mimi Lee, Soeun Lee, Jan Löfström, Georg Marschnig, James Miles, José Montoya, David Nally, Peter M. Nelson, Charles Adabo Oppong, Barbara Ormond, Piotr Podemski, Jéssica Ramírez-Achoy, David Rosenlund, Heather Sharp, Jasmine Steger, Wacław Suski, Edward Y F Tan, Judit Tóth, Akiko Utsunomiya, Carla Van Boxtel, Jannet Van Drie, Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse, Johan Wassermann, Roy Weintraub, Joanna Wojdon, Sook Wei Wong, Louise Zarmati
How do exams assess historical learning today? Take a look into 28 history exams from around the world.
Dieser Titel erscheint voraussichtlich im Februar 2026
| Bestellnummer: | 41760 |
|---|---|
| EAN: | 9783734417603 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7344-1760-3 |
| ISSN: | 2749-1374 |
| Reihe: | Forum Historisches Lernen |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Seitenzahl: | 750 |
Exams play a major role in history education. They influence how history is taught, learned, and assessed in schools. They also reflect the knowledge, skills, and values that are identified as being most important to measure. This edited book analyzes 28 history exams from countries spanning five continents in terms of their purposes and goals, design, the knowledge and skills they assess, and the consequences they have for teaching and learning history.
Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse, Peter Gautschi, Lindsay Gibson, Joanna Wojdon: Assessment Through Written Exams in History Education
Heather Sharp, Louise Zarmati, Alison Bedford, David Nally (Australia): A Case Study of Two Ancient History Examinations in Australia
Georg Marschnig (Austria): Choose Your Fighter! Assessing Historical Thinking in an Austrian Grammar School
Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse (Belgium): The Ideal and the Reality. Historical Thinking Assessed in a Written Exam in Flemish History Education
Catherine Duquette, Lindsay Gibson (Canada): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The Impacts of the Quebec Provincial History Exam on Teaching and Learning History
Ran Bi, Yeow-Tong Chia (China): Constrained History. Boundaries of Thought in China’s Exams
Jéssica Ramírez-Achoy (Costa Rica): Social Studies and the Assessment of History Teaching. The Case of Costa Rica
Katja Gorbahn (Denmark): The Danish A-Level History Exam (stx)
José Montoya, María Julia Flores (El Salvador): The Evaluation of History in El Salvador’s Secondary Education System
Terry Haydn (England): An Analysis of Changes to the School History Exam for 16-Year-Olds in England, 1965 to the Present
Jan Löfström (Finland): The Finnish Matriculation Exam in History. Are the Exam Tasks and Assessment Criteria Aligned With Curriculum Aims?
Sylvain Doussot (France): From the Text of the Exam to the Activities It Calls for. The Case of the New Baccalauréat Exam
Charlotte Husemann, Markus Bernhardt (Germany): History Exams in German (Secondary) Schools. Evaluating the Gap Between Curriculum Goals and Classroom Reality
Anitha Oforiwah Adu-Boahen, Charles Adabo Oppong, Prince Essiaw (Ghana): Examining Assessment Practices in Ghanaian Senior High-School History Education. Structure, Content and Stakeholder Perspectives
Ágnes Fischer-Dárdai, József Kaposi, Judit Tóth (Hungary): Comparative Analysis of Requirements for the Written History Matura and the Implemented Examination Tasks
Lindsay Gibson, James Miles: Historical Thinking in the IB History Exam. Central Theory or Superficial Inclusion?
Roy Weintraub (Israel): Historical Thinking and Its Limitations in Israel’s State Education Exam
Akiko Utsunomiya, Nobuyuki Harada (Japan): Educational and Entrance Examination Reforms in Japan. An Analysis of History Examination Questions
Sook Wei Wong (Malaysia): Unpacking the Malaysian History Exam of 2022. The Ideology of Malay Dominance and Blurring the Lines Between Civic and History Education
Jannet van Drie, Tim Huijgen, Carla van Boxtel (Netherlands): The National History Exam in the Netherlands. What Should Students Understand and Be Able to Do?
Barbara Ormond (New Zealand): The Complexities of Standards-Based Assessment for History in New Zealand
Gulzar Ahmad (Pakistan): Dissecting the Binary View of History in Pakistan Studies Exams for Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools
Joanna Wojdon, Elwira Górczak-Ulman, Włodzimierz Kowalczyk, Piotr Podemski, Wacław Suski (Poland): From Facts to Opinions. Evolution of the Polish Matura Exam in History
Suhaimi Afandi, Edward Y F Tan (Singapore): From History Curriculum to Classroom. The Influence of Assessment on Teaching and Learning Practices in Singaporean Secondary Schools
Johan Wassermann, Denise Bentrovato (South Africa): Source-based Work in South Africa’s Grade 12 History Examination. Between Curriculum Intentions and Summative Assessment Practices
Mimi Lee, Soeun Lee (South Korea): Assessing History in South Korea’s College Scholastic Ability Test
David Rosenlund, Fredrik Alvén (Sweden): Revisiting Historical Consciousness in Swedish Large-Scale Assessment. Does a Push for Reliability Affect the Content of a Large-Scale Test in History?
Jasmine Steger (Switzerland): Assessment in History Education. The Case of Switzerland
Peter M. Nelson, Timothy Adams (USA): An Analysis of the Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH) Exam
Lindsay Gibson, Peter Gautschi, Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse, Joanna Wojdon: Putting History to the Test: Conclusions and New Directions