The History exam according to the 2018 General Education Program has had significant adjustments compared to previous years in terms of structure, format and question format.
Specifically, according to the sample test that the Ministry of Education and Training announced earlier, the test will consist of 2 parts with 28 questions. Of which, part 1 has 24 questions, each question worth 0.25 points.
Part 2, there are only 4 questions but each question is worth 1 point. Notably, in this part, the Ministry of Education and Training has changed the question format to true-false multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 ideas, a candidate who answers 1 idea correctly will only get 0.1 point but if 1 idea is wrong, he will lose 0.5 points and answering all 4 ideas correctly will get 1 full point.
The test time for this subject is 50 minutes.
Do not check the answers at once on the test paper.
According to the History teacher of Ha Tinh Specialized High School, first of all, candidates need to pay attention to general test-taking skills.
Step 1: After receiving the exam paper, candidates spend 1-2 minutes skimming through all the questions in the paper to determine their spirit. Then, check the status of the exam paper to see if the page codes match or not, if the printing is blurred or smudged or not, and if there is a problem, promptly notify the supervisor within 5 minutes to be processed to change to another paper.
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The History exam according to the new 2018 General Education Program has had significant adjustments compared to previous years. |
Step 2, candidates write personal information on the test paper and fill in the test code on the multiple choice answer sheet.
Step 3, for easy questions, candidates should read and answer any questions and immediately fill in the answer sheet to avoid doing the test at the end of the session and then filling in the answer sheet, which can easily lead to incorrect answers.
The method is still in order from easy to difficult. For difficult questions that you cannot answer, you need to mark them in bold on the test. After completing the easy questions, go back to the difficult questions.
Don't spend too much time on one question.
With a 50-minute multiple-choice test in a very short time frame, candidates need to have the skills to allocate and manage their time closely, otherwise they will run out of time before finishing.
On average, about 1 minute can be divided into 1 question. Candidates spend the last 5 minutes to review and check the questions that are still uncertain and uncertain, as well as to check the accuracy of each question between the chosen answer and the answer marked on the multiple choice answer sheet, avoiding the situation of marking the wrong answer.
Another important thing is to stay calm and not panic when you encounter a strange question. With strange questions, candidates should read carefully and can answer based on reasoning, but should not stop at one question for too long.
According to the teacher, in the multiple choice question format in the History exam, there are 2 types: Questions without documents and questions with documents (cluster questions).
The question does not have any documents, candidates should pay attention to reading and understanding the question and identifying the correct "keywords" according to the question's requirements and underlining the keywords.
Then, candidates eliminate the distracting options and choose the answer. They need to explain why it is correct and why it is incorrect in order to choose the answer and eliminate the distracting options.
Be especially careful with the negative question form: “no”.
Questions with materials (cluster questions): First, candidates read and understand the entire text, combining it with the knowledge they have learned to compare. Then, they underline keywords, thoroughly exploit the materials and apply knowledge to choose the answer. Note, before filling in the answer, it is also necessary to explain why it is correct, why it is incorrect to choose the answer and eliminate distracting options to avoid choosing the wrong one.
Avoid losing 2 points on true-false questions
This format has only 4 sentences but the material is quite long. Candidates need to read carefully and underline keywords that reflect the content of the material.
Next, you need to identify the main content of the document, identify the similarities and similar content of the question and the document. Combine the content of the document with the knowledge you have learned to answer the questions.
True or false questions are aimed at assessing reading comprehension, information processing, problem solving and problem solving skills. Candidates are required to have a solid knowledge base, good reading comprehension skills, and a steady mentality when answering questions, and to be able to confirm right or wrong. When faced with an answer, candidates are confused about whether to choose right or wrong, which will take a lot of time and affect their psychology. In particular, with this question format, if a candidate gets just 1 answer wrong, they will lose 0.5 points. With 4 questions, if a candidate gets 4 answers wrong in all questions, they will lose 2 points.
The 2025 High School Graduation Exam is the first year that candidates will take the exam according to the 2018 General Education Program. The Ministry of Education and Training has innovated the exam plan, accordingly, each candidate will only take 4 subjects including: Math, Literature and 2 elective subjects.
This year, nearly 1.17 million candidates nationwide registered for the exam. Of these, Math and Literature had the largest number of candidates registering for the exam, with more than 1.14 million and more than 1.15 million candidates, respectively.
For elective subjects, History has the highest number of candidates registering for the exam with 499,357 candidates. Along with Geography, History is overwhelmingly chosen by candidates compared to Natural Sciences .
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