KANGAROO IN ROMANIA

• The International Competition of Applied Mathematics KANGAROO

• Modern Languages Game Contest • The explorer Kangaroo – science for primary

• Reading Contest – Romanian language and literature

Organizers:

SIGMA Foundation for European Integration

The Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

The Institute for the Development of Educational Assessment

1. The International Competition of Applied Mathematics KANGAROO

• The tests are grouped by grades: I, II, III, IV, V-VI, VII-VIII, IX-X, XI-XII • For the V-VIII grades, 40 questions are proposed so that the competitors can choose maximum 30, based on preferences and level of difficulty

• For the VII-VIII grades, 10 out of these 40 problems are applications of mathematics in sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) • For the IX-XII grades, 20 out of 50 problems are applications of mathematics in informatics)

If the pupil has wrongly filled in the circle with the incorrect answer and he wants to change it, then he can fill in the other circles corresponding to the wrong answers and in this way the circle left blank will indicate the correct answer

The pupil has the possibility to increase his score if he is sure of the answer. If he fills in the little circle from the column entitled ‘Sure’ and the answer is correct, then he will receive an additional point (for instance, 6 instead of 5) but if the answer is wrong then he will lose 2 points (for instance, -3.25 instead of –1.25).

The evolution of the number of participants in the period 1997-2011

For the school year 2010-2011, participated: • grades I-III: approximately 90.000 pupils • grades IV-XII: approximately 110.500 pupils

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2. Modern Languages Game Contest

• Takes place in 2 sections: French-Spanish and English-German

• It is organized with the support of the

following institutions: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, French Embassy, Canadian Embassy, Swiss Embassy, German Embassy, Spanish Embassy, British Council, Cervantes Institute, Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation, The International Organization of La Francophonie,

• In 2011 at the competition participated 38.000 pupils for the French-Spanish section and 72.000 pupils for the English-German section

Rewards:

Trips abroad (250 places)

Trips in camps (500 places)

Other prizes: 210.000 of books, 1300 of T-shirts and caps, games and so on

1. Trips and Camps Abroad

The International Camp for Children Kalyvas, Greece 27 June – 9 July

Trip to Italia 24 June – 3 July

Trip to France offered by the French Embassy - Henri Poincare Prize (2 pupils) 19 – 25 June

The International Camp in Bansko, Bulgaria (3 pupils) 6- 12 August

Trip to Croaţia (53 pupils) 30 June - 9 July

Trip to Cehia 10 – 16 July

2. The KANGAROO International Camp in Romania

It was organized in 2 series: • for the pupils of the IV – VI grades, 25 June – 2 July • for the pupils of the VII – XII grades, 4 – 12 July

900 pupils and teachers from Romania, Turcia, Bulgaria, Pakistan and Kazakhstan joined the camp.

Workshops for developing creativity: woodcut, painting on glass, graphics, making dolls, ceramics, tapestry, origami, tangram …

They benefited of a diverse schedule with plenty of cultural, educational and entertainment activities:

Competitions: Theater and TV mockery, Miss/ Mister, dancing, carnival, writing articles, posters, and others

Theatre, Rhythm and Music, Dancing, the Camp Magazine

Sports: football, highking, table tennis, basketball, chess

Multiple Choice Contest of Mathematics Modern Language Contest

Seminars for the Development of Assessment in Education

• They have been organized by the Institute for the Development of Assessment in Education and Sigma Foundation for European Integration within the International Kangaroo Camp • Around 300 Mathematics, Sciences, Informatics and Foreign Languages teachers (French, English, German, Spanish) from Romania and abroad • Themes such as: items proposals, interpreting the pupils’ answers, tests development have been brought into discussion.