The traces of the second test
Greek, classical high school
AND Plato the author of the version submitted to the graduates for the second test. The text proposed to the students is taken from the work “Minos or the law”. The Greek philosopher had not appeared on the trail of maturity since 2010, but he is at the same time also the most proposed author in modern classical state exams, with three appearances (2024, 2010 and 2004). Aristotle and Lucian, however, have only been proposed twice, according to what the Skuola.net website reports.
Mathematics, scientific high school
The students of the scientific high school, who have to compete with the mathematics test, were subjected to 2 problems And 8 questions, with a series of tests on geometry, equations and functions. Both of the mathematics problems proposed to the candidates are two classics functional studies: the first has a classical approach and has no reference to reality; the second, however, while maintaining a classic approach, contains two sentences that aim to help contextualize the problem, without then going into the practical development.
The 8 questions of the test instead focus on mathematical analysis, probability calculation, plane and analytical geometry. In this case there is no shortage of references to reality: from the isosceles triangle to the fake coin, passing through the mathematical description of the Earth’s orbit around the sun and a quote from Gadda, who in the stories of L’Adalgisa – Dimini Milanesi describes the tiles in detail hexagonal in shape indicating its dimensions and arrangement. The mathematics traces of the 2024 high school diploma also propose two sentences, pronounced respectively by the mathematicians Ennio De Giorgi (“At the beginning and at the end, we have the mystery… Mathematics brings us closer to this mystery, even without penetrating it”) and the British Hardy (“The forms created by the mathematician, like those created by the painter or the poet, must be beautiful: ideas, like colors or words, must combine harmoniously. Beauty is the fundamental requirement: there is no place in the world perennial for bad mathematics”).
Human Sciences, High School of Human Sciences
At the Human Sciences high school, the second final exam focuses on active interaction in the educational environment, based on the school proposed by Maria Montessori and that of John Dewey. It is therefore a test based on the work of the philosopher and pedagogist Dewey “Experience and education”, which also talks about the Montessori school.
Spanish, linguistic high school
The outline of the second Spanish test, for linguistic high school students, revolves around an article in the Spanish newspaper “El Diario” written by Javier Zurro, a journalist specializing in cinema. The focus is the two dramatic experiences of the Second World War and the Iberian Civil War. The text, as reported by Skuola.net, talks about a documentary film focused on the memories of a Sephardic Jew interned in a concentration camp in the south of France who, coming into contact with flamenco and fandango, discovers their saving power.
Business economics, Technical institutes
The case presented for the Business Economics test, second part of the 2024 final exam for technical institutes in Administration, Finance and Marketing, concerns a typical small and medium-sized Italian company that operates in the electronics, electromechanics and electro-medical sector , dealing with development projects with a view to sustainability and generational change. The company has therefore planned an investment plan functional to the acquisition of a new headquarters in which to give life to human capital development projects, training and introducing young people in disadvantaged social conditions into the world of work, as well as making logistics more efficient and reducing CO2 emissions. Each candidate is asked to draw up the company’s income statement and balance sheet, taking into account that the investments are partly the result of financing and partly subsidized by the owners. Some business economics questions complete the track.
Professional institutes
The characteristics and properties of the materials used in the production processes and the technologies and techniques for processing the products are at the center of the testing of the professional institutes with the new regulation. The graduate, who will have a maximum time of 6-12 hours to carry out the test, is asked to analyze and find possible solutions to technical problems relating to the materials and/or components, systems and systems of the reference sector.
The student must also represent and describe the functional scheme of technological, electrical and mechanical devices, machines, systems and systems, including programmable ones, and of motor vehicles and similar, possibly making reference to safety and environmental protection regulations. Finally, the candidate must perform or describe the testing and verification procedures.
