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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
The Alberta Canada Social Studies examination for grade 12 contains 70 multiple choice questions and two essay questions. The multiple choice questions cover political ideologies, economics, world geography, world history, and current events. The questions are often related to political cartoons, charts, maps or a series of quotations reproduced…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1989
This document outlines the use of machine-scorable open-ended questions for the evaluation of Physics 30 in Alberta. Contents included are: (1) an introduction to the questions; (2) sample instruction sheet; (3) thirty sample items from the complete course; (4) item information including an answer key, difficulty, and source of each item; (5)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools, Physics
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1989
This document outlines the use of machine-scorable open-ended questions for the evaluation of Physics 30 in Alberta. Contents include: (1) an introduction to the questions; (2) sample instruction sheet; (3) fifteen sample items; (4) item information including the key, difficulty, and source of each item; (5) solutions to items having multiple…
Descriptors: Electricity, Force, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Biology 30 is a 12th-grade science course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is a final test for the course. Intended for administration during June, 1988, it contains 80 multiple-choice questions and five written-response questions. Two-and-one-half hours are allowed for completing the test. No answer key is included since scoring is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Chemistry 30 is a 12th-grade chemistry course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is the final test for the course. Intended for administration during June, 1988, it contains 56 multiple-choice questions and three written-response questions. Two-and-one-half hours are allowed for completing the test. No answer key is included since…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Physics 30 is a 12th-grade physics course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is the major examination for the course. Both English and French versions are provided. Intended for administration during June, 1988, it contains 56 multiple-choice questions and three written-response questions. Two-and-one-half hours are allowed for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools
Download full textBrown, David W., Ed.; Sewell, Jeffrey J., Ed. – 1985
This document consists of test items which are applicable to biology courses throughout Australia (irrespective of course materials used); assess key concepts within course statement (for both core and optional studies); assess a wide range of cognitive processes; and are relevant to current biological concepts. These items are arranged under…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Grade 11, Grade 12
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
This demonstration booklet illustrates the kinds of exercises or test questions and tasks used in the assessment of student achievement in reading and writing by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Each student will be asked to complete the background section and the cognitive sections for one subject, and the assessment will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Field Tests, Grade 12, High Schools
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1987
This grade 12 Diploma Examination for Alberta (Canada) Social Studies 30 booklet is divided in two parts. Part A consists of 70 multiple-choice questions worth 70 percent of the total score. Part B consists of the written response section worth 30 percent of the total. The student must choose one of two topics for the essay. The essay scores are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Essay Tests, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
This is the final test for students in the twelfth-grade course Mathematics 30, offered in schools in Alberta, Canada. Intended for administration in January 1987, it is available in both English and French. It contains 52 multiple-choice questions and 3 written-response problems, with 2.5 hours allowed for completion. Approved calculators may be…
Descriptors: Algebra, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Mathematics Achievement
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Publications. – 1989
This survey reflects new developments in the mathematics curriculum as emphasized in the curriculum frameworks and state-adopted textbooks. The first section describes the procedure for the development of the survey and the rationale for the topics and types of questions included on the mathematics portion of the test. The second section describes…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
The booklet presents the two-part Grade 12 Diploma Examination for the Social Studies 30 program. Part 1 consists of 70 multiple-choice questions worth 70% of the total score. Each question has four choices and students must choose the one which best completes the statement or answers the question. Many questions are based on narratives,…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduation Requirements
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
This is the final test for students in the twelfth grade course Mathematics 30, offered in schools in Alberta, Canada. Intended for administration in 1988, it is available in both English and French. It contains 52 multiple-choice questions and 3 written-response problems, with 2.5 hours allowed for completion. Approved calculators may be used.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1985
Summarizes results of a study measuring eighth- and twelfth-grade students' attitudes toward computers. Sex and age differences, computer literacy course impact, and correlation of student attitudes toward computers and mathematics and science are assessed. A table giving means and standard deviations of responses to survey items is included. (MBR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Literacy, Correlation, Grade 12
Peer reviewedPeterson, Raymond F.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Outlines a procedure used to develop a written diagnostic instrument to identify misconceptions and misunderstandings of the chemistry topic. Reports the characteristic data for the instrument, and student understanding of covalent bonding and structure. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 11
