The mark allocation for theory end-of-year examination papers in all grades are indicated below: Marks for Visual Culture Studies Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Answer 5 Answer 5 Answer 5 Question 1 The voice of emerging artists 20 Overview of the 19th century 20 Visual analysis and interpretation (compulsory) 20 Question 2 South African artists influenced by African and/or indigenous art forms 20 Start of Modernism 20 African art 20 Question 3 Socio-political art - including Resistance Art of the ‘70s and ‘80s 20 Early 20th century 20 Non-western cultures from across the globe 20 Question 4 Art, craft and spiritual works mainly from rural South Africa 20 Architecture 20 Ancient civilisations 20 Question 5 Multimedia and new media - alternative contemporary and popular art forms in South Africa 20 Between the World Wars 20 The classical world 20 Question 6 Post-1994 democratic identity in South Africa 20 A survey of post-1945 art 20 Middle Ages and/or Islamic art 20 Question 7 Gender issues: masculinity and femininity 20 New media 20 Renaissance 20 Question 8 Architecture in South Africa 20 The art world 20 Baroque and Rococo 20 TOTAL 100 100 100 The Grade 12 trial examination should follow the format and mark allocation of the theory examination paper to prepare learners. It is also advisable to include questions on themes that you have not studied, to ensure that learners choose the ‘correct’ questions to answer.
The mid-year examinations: At this time not all the content has been covered. Mark allocations can be adapted for fewer questions, e.g. 30 marks instead of 20. It is however extremely important to see that there are efficient visual literacy questions. Cognitive levels All tests and examinations must follow the following range of cognitive levels. Questions will have different degrees of challenges – easy, medium and hard. As learners have a choice of questions in the trial and final examinations, each question should comply with the range of cognitive levels. Each test, open book test and examination must cater for a range of cognitive levels and must also include paragraph-type responses Cognitive level Percentage Lower order: knowledge 30 Middle order: comprehension and application 40 Higher order: analysis, evaluation and synthesis 30 Explanation of cognitive levels: Bloom’s Taxonomy KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION APPLICATION tell, list, write, find, describe, name, locate, etc. explain, interpret, discuss, distinguish, outline, etc. solve, show, use, illustrate, classify, construct, examine, etc. ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION analyse, compare, investigate, categorise, identify, explain, etc. create, invent, plan, predict, design, propose, formulate, etc. judge, decide, justify, debate, recommend, prioritise, argue Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Evaluation – higher order Creating – higher order Synthesis – higher order Evaluating – higher order Analysis – higher order Analysing – middle order Application – middle order Applying – middle order Comprehension – middle order Understanding – middle order Knowledge – lower order Remembering – lower order It is important to do a question paper analysis according to Bloom’s taxonomy. Below is an example of such an analysis. QUESTION Lower Middle order: Higher order: