122nd General Meeting of the KCS

Type Symposium
Area Current Issues and Research in Chemistry Education
Room No. Room 315
Time THU 15:40-:
Code EDU1-1
Subject Past and Prospects of the Chemistry Test in the SU-NEUNG; How it has been changed and how it should go
Authors Chinkap Chung
Department of Chemistry, Keimyung University, Korea
Abstract Recently, the 2022 university entrance system including the SU-NEUNG (Korean college scholastic ability tests) according to the 2015 revised curriculum becomes social hot issues. Issues encluded are the role of the SU-NEUNG in college entrance, whether absolute evaluation or relative evaluation, and inclusion of science II subjects. Since the SU-NEUNG is the major element in the admission selection process for universities in Korea, not only parents, but also science and technology, industry, etc. are greatly interested in this test. The proportions and the details of questions of chemistry in the SUNEUNG will give a great impact on the high school chemistry classes and eventually college chemistry classes. In this presentation, the details of how the chemistry test in the SU-NEUNG has been changed during the past 25 years of SU-NEUNG history will be discussed as well as the prospects of changes of the SU-NEUNG.
E-mail chinkap@kmu.ac.kr