Asia Wise Competition
Quote:The Asia Wise Competition
The Asia Wise Competition is a research-based program supported by the Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers. The program is designed to improve students' information literacy skills in History, Geography and Asian Studies. Rather than just a memory test, the Asia Wise Competition assesses
students' research, analysis and interpretation skills.
There are 50 multiple-choice questions that require students to use
any resources available to find the answers. It is definitely not a memory test. Students can have up to four hours to research the answers and the teacher can set the times to fit into your timetable or homework program.
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The competition can be completed anytime between 2 August and 13 August 2004.
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First, to augment the usual Asia Wise Competition, we are offering a free introductory program called Find It - Social Sciences. This online program lets students register, download a set of questions and submit their answers online.
Second, is a new real-time, online competition between syndicates from all over Australia called The Great Race. Syndicates have one hour to answer the questions and the first syndicate finished with all answers correct will win the $1700 prize, sponsored by Heinemann. Date -
20 October 2004.
urafilthycheater:
The web page provides that the student may use "any resources available." However, the test is designed to evaluate
the student's research, analysis and interpretation skills. If the student is using a discussion forum to entice other people to find the answers, then the student's ability is not measured. Additionally, the student fails to learn the necessary research, analysis, and interpretative skills necessary to enter "The Great Race" (scheduled for October 20) and successfully compete for the prize money.
Therefore, urafilthycheater, I don't think you need to worry about students like lacey_ward beating you out of the prize money. Work hard on honing your own research and interpretive skills and you will do well on the competition.
For the online competition, the World Fact Book might be helpful. I think it was Craven who provided this useful internet resource to another poster:
The World Fact Book
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