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China’sCollegeExaminationAndAmericanSAT第五组：陈金玉刘佳钰杨璐任雅倩梁泽慧I.BriefintroductionII.DifferencesbetweenthemIII.SummaryCONTENTMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE2INTRODUCTIONTheNationalCollegeEntranceExamination,commonlyknownasGaokao,isanacademicexaminationheldannuallyinthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Thisexaminationisaprerequisiteforentranceintoalmostallhighereducationinstitutionsattheundergraduatelevel.Itisusuallytakenbystudentsintheirlastyearofseniorhighschool,althoughtherehasbeennoagerestrictionsince2001.AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATEMay3,20203INTRODUCTIONTheSATisastandardizedtestwidelyusedforcollegeadmissionsintheUnitedStates.Sincetheearly20thcentury,theSAThasbeenamajorsourceofinformationforcollegesandhasservedasabenchmarkofpubliceducation.Theexamcanbedividedintotwoparts:SATⅠ—ReasoningTestandSATⅡ—SubjectTests.SATⅠmainlyteststudents’writing,reading,andmathskills.ThenSATⅡmayinvolvemath,physics,chemistry,andbiology,etc.ChinesestudentswhowanttoapplyforuniversitiesinAmericajustneedtotaketheSATⅠexam.AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATEMay3,20204INTRODUCTIONMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE5INTRODUCTIONMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE6May3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE7INTRODUCTIONFocusSubjectsTimeTheFunctionofScoresAdmissionStandardDIFFERENCEMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE8FOCUSAmericanexamfocusesonstudents’logicalanalysis,speculativeskill,andtheiracademicability.TheSATattemptedtotestastudent'saptitude--thatis,thestudents’abilitytolearn.Chineseexaminationmainlytestsstudents’memoryabouttheknowledgewhichistaughtinschool.TheGaoKaoisfocusedonfact-basedinformation,thoughthesearegeneralizations.May3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE9FOCUSForexample,ThemathsectionoftheSATinChinaisprobablylikethemathsectionoftheGaoKao,butthewrittenportionoftheSATwilltestyourabilitytonotonlycomeupwithasolidargument,butalsotocommunicatethatargumenteffectivelytoajudgingaudience.TheGaoKaoisgenerallylesslikelytohavethosekindsoffocuses.May3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE10SUBJECTS—GAOKAOThesubjectstestedinGaoKaohavechangedovertime.Traditionally,studentswouldundertakeeitherasetofartssubjectsorasetofsciencesubjects,withsomesharedcompulsorysubjects.ThesubjectstakenintheExaminationaffectedthedegreeorcareerpathsopentothestudent.Inrecentyears,differentprovinceshaveimplementedflexiblesystemsforselectingthesubjectstobetested,resultinginanumberofdifferentsystems.May3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE11GAOKAOMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE12SATAQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATEMay3,202013ThecurrentSATcoversthreerequiredareasandtheoptionalessay:•Reading:Test-takersanswerquestionsaboutpassagestheyread.Allquestionsaremultiplechoiceandbasedonthepassages.Somequestionswillalsoaskabouttables,graphs,andcharts,butnomathisrequiredtoanswerthequestions.Totaltimeforthissection:65minutes.•WritingandLanguage:Test-takersreadpassagesandthenareaskedtoidentifyandfixmistakesandweaknessesinthelanguage.Totaltimeforthissection:35minutes.SATMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE14•Mathematics:Test-takersanswerquestionsrelatedtothetypesofmathyou'relikelytoencounterincollegeandyourpersonallife.Topicsincludealgebra,dataanalysis,workingwithcomplexequations,andsomebasicsoftrigonometryandgeometry.Somequestionsallowtheuseofacalculator;somedonot.Totaltimeforthissection:80minutes.•OptionalEssay:Theoptionalessayexamasksyoutoreadapassageandthenmakeanargumentbasedonthatpassage.You'llneedtosupportyourargumentwithevidencefromthepassage.Totaltimeforthissection:50minutes.SUBJECTS---SATAQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATEMay3,202015TIMEAQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATEMay3,202016GaoKaoSATThereisonlyonechanceeveryyear.It’sonJune7and8Theexamslastaboutninehoursoveraperiodoftwodays,dependingontheprovince.TheSATisadministeredseventimesayear:January,March,May,June,October,November,andDecember.Withtheessay,theSATtakes3hoursand50minutes.THEFUNCTIONOFSCORESMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE17InAmerica,markisalsoimportantreference,butnottheonlydecidingfactor.Itoffersmorechancesuntilstudentsgetsatisfyingresult.Itmorefocusesonstudents’comprehensivequality.InChina,thecollegeentranceexamscoresetstheentrancequalificationstandardforcandidates.Ithelpsstudentstoselectandenteruniversities,andthescorescandirectlyinfluencetheuniversitylevelatwhichadmissionisset.ADMISSIONSTANDARDMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE18InChina,theprovincialcommitteeandcollegeenrolmentdecidetheadmissionline.Inspiteofstudents’dailyperformance,studentswhosescoresarebelowthelinecannotbeadmitted.InAmerica,however,thestandardisdecidedbythetestscoresandpeacetimeresult.Studentscanapplyformanyuniversitiesandcanbeacceptedbymorethanoneuniversity.SUMMARYMay3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE19MostpeoplethinkAmericanentranceexampolicyisbetterthanChineseentranceexam.Itistruetoanextent.Buteverythingisadouble-edgedsword.ChineseandAmericanexampolicyallhaveproblemstobesolved.May3,2020AQUARELLEPOWERPOINTTEMPLATE20