A Study on the Consistency between University Entrance Exam (OSS) and Questions Published in Examinations at Schools on the Subject of Determinant

Abstract

In this research, whether the questions in University Entrance Exam (OSS) and the questions asked to students during the exams in schools coincide or not has been investigated. This study is a qualitative one. Samples of the research are 55 students from 3 different classrooms in 11th grade, in the 2011-2012 education years in Mahmutbey High school. The data of the research has been gathered by application of the determinant questions of the previous years’ University Entrance Exam (OSS) and the course books to the students. This study shows the performance of the students during the exams. Research also covers the accordance of determinant questions in the previous University Entrance Exam (OSS) and the exercises in the course books which has the approval of Ministry of Education (MEB). Students are asked to answer 10 questions and the data acquired has been analyzed by researchers. As a result of the survey, it has been seen that the students were more comfortable while answering the multiple choice questions and had difficulties with the classic questions. It has been seen that the questions in the MEB approved books and the OSS questions of previous years are consistent. Although the questions are consistent, the reasons why the students are more successful in the multiple choice questions rather than the classical questions have been investigated. Especially in the written exam, it has been seen that students had problems with the questions where they had to calculate the determinant, having the knowledge of logarithm and triangle rules. It has been detected that the majority of the students were unable to answer these two questions.