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New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
A set of short tests aimed at measuring student mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences are presented with a description of the mastery program's purposes, development, and methods. Mastery learning, criterion-referenced testing, and the scope of skills to be tested are defined. Each of the multiple choice tests for grades 7 through 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
As one in a series of test items collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, the guide gives a wide range of questions and activities for the manipulation of scientific equipment to allow assessment of students' practical laboratory skills. Instructions are given to make norm-referenced or…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Procedures, Norm Referenced Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1980
Continuing a series of short tests aimed at measuring student mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, this supplementary volume includes teachers' notes, a users' guide and inspection copies of test items 27 to 50. Answer keys and test scoring statistics are provided. The items are designed for grades 7 through 10, and a list of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1978
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, copies of the first 13 tests are provided. Skills to be tested include: (1) reading a table; (2) using a biological key; (3) identifying chemical symbols; (4) identifying parts of a human body; (5) reading a line graph; (6) identifying electronic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1978
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, copies of tests 14 through 26 include: (14) calculating an average; (15) identifying parts of the scientific method; (16) reading a geological map; (17) identifying elements, mixtures and compounds; (18) using Ohm's law in calculation; (19) interpreting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, copies of tests 27 through 38 include: (27) reading a grid plan; (28) identifying common invertebrates; (29) characteristics of invertebrates; (30) identifying elements; (31) using scientific notation part I; (32) classifying minerals; (33) predicting the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1980
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, copies of tests 39 through 50 include: (39) using a code; (40) naming the parts of a microscope; (41) calculating density and predicting flotation; (42) estimating metric length; (43) using SI symbols; (44) using s=vt; (45) applying a novel theory; (46)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1980
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, copies of tests 51 through 65 include: (51) interpreting atomic and mass numbers; (52) extrapolating from a geological map; (53) matching geological sections and maps; (54) identifying parts of the human eye; (55) identifying the functions of parts of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Mastery Tests, Natural Sciences
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1981
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests or term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test items meet syllabus…
Descriptors: Biology, Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1981
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests or term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test items meet syllabus…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1981
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests or term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test items meet syllabus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geology, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1981
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests or term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test items meet syllabus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests, Physics
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1981
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests or term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The test items meet syllabus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests, Physics
Download full textDillashaw, F. Gerald; Okey, James R. – 1980
Presented is a study in which the authors developed a valid and reliable test of integrated science process skills for students in secondary schools. The field trials are described and the reliability is given as .89 across ability levels, socioeconomic levels, gender, and race. Recommended uses of the test for teachers, researchers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Process Education, Science Tests
Essex, Diane L.; And Others – 1980
The predictive validity of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) was examined; the validity coefficients were compared to those obtained from previous versions of the MCAT and from performance data gathered early in a first-year basic science program. Data were collected from about 400 medical students, including: (1) MCAT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
