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oa Argumentatie-analytische begrippen in het centraal examen Nederlands
Een verantwoording
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing, Volume 38, Issue 3, Dec 2016, p. 235 - 262
Abstract
Argumentative vocabulary in Dutch national examinations of reading proficiency. Recent revisions
For years, in Dutch general secondary education (havo and vwo) argumentation skills are part of the national examinations in reading proficiency. Recently, the Dutch Board of Examinations (College voor Toetsen en Examens – CvTE) asked an advisory committee to evaluate the argumentative vocabulary used in the yearly exams in relation to the current state of the art in argumentation research. The committee advised a light revision of the specification of educational goals and formulated a list of argumentational concepts and definitions that can be used in the national examinations. In this article the authors – committee members – account for the proposals of the committee. The room for change was defined by the examination programme of the Dutch minister of education and by the executive role of the CvTE. Moreover, the state of the art in argumentation research had to be set alongside the usability of concepts in educational practice and effective testing of reading skills.