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Download full textStecher, Brian M.; Klein, Stephen P.; Solano-Flores, Guillermo; McCaffrey, Dan; Robyn, Abby; Shavelson, Richard J.; Haertel, Edward – 1998
This study investigated three factors that may contribute to the large variation in student performance across open-ended measures. These factors are content domain, format (whether the task required only pencil and paper or involved a hands-on manipulation of equipment), and level of inquiry (whether the task guided the student toward the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Mulkey, Lynn M.; Morton, Peter J. – 1991
This investigation revives direct impact explanations of single-parent effects on student performance by further disagreggation by sex of the student. The effect of living in a single-parent household on the standardized test scores of students was estimated separately for males and females through analyses of data from the High School and Beyond…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economic Status, Emotional Problems, High School Students
Bedenbaugh, John H., Ed.; Bedenbaugh, Angela O., Ed. – 1988
This handbook is based on a list of essential topics that should be mastered by the student who subsequently plans to pursue college chemistry. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction" (describing a position paper and the background of the handbook); (2) "Essential General Topics and Objectives"; (3) "Testing Students"…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Guides, High Schools, Laboratory Equipment
Raizen, Senta A.; And Others – 1989
This report discusses the purposes and nature of various forms of assessment that can be used to enhance, support, and monitor the progress of science learning in elementary school classrooms. Chapters included are: (1) "Introduction" (describing assessment priorities); (2) "Issues in Assessment" (discussing validity, correspondence between…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitude Measures, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
Agruso, Susan A. – 1990
Results of a minimum competency test administered to ninth-grade students were evaluated to compare the performance of 723 students (345 males, 347 females, and 31 unidentified students) on content-specific and process skill questions. Subjects represented a random sample of students taking the Regents Competency Test in Science--a 70-item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Females, Grade 9
Moran, Melba Q. – 1990
This case study describes a project designed to improve science vocabulary and comprehension of migrant sixth-grade students in a rural farming-community middle school. The project combined intensive direct teaching of science vocabulary with the national unified curriculum implemented in 1984. The subjects of the project were migrant children…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Intermediate Grades
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
Information about the diploma examinations in Mathematics 30, Biology 30, Chemistry 30, and Physics 30 that will be administered during January, June, and August, 1987, is provided in this bulletin. Topics explained include: (1) general format of the examination (stating the content, emphasis, and time allotments for the examinations); (2)…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
Information about the diploma examinations in Mathematics 30, Biology 30, Chemistry 30, and Physics 30 that will be administered during January, June, and August 1987, is provided in this bulletin. Topics explained include: (1) general format of the examinations (stating the content, emphasis, and time allotments for the examinations); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Foreign Countries
Shavelson, Richard J.; And Others – 1988
This study investigated the relationships among the symbolic representation of problems given to students to solve, the mental representations they use to solve the problems, and the accuracy of their solutions. Twenty eleventh-grade science students were asked to think aloud as they solved problems on the ideal gas laws. The problems were…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Comparative Testing, Problem Solving, Response Style (Tests)
Defendorf, Jean, Ed. – 1986
This unit contains 14 lessons on the properties of liquids for fifth graders. It describes materials, supplementary materials, use of process skill terminology, unit objectives, vocabulary, and background information for teachers. Lessons are: (1) "Heaping and Drops/Cohesion"; (2) "Beading of Liquid Columns/Cohesion"; (3)…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Grade 5, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
Brunkhorst, Bonnie J. – 1988
Collaborative "research partnerships" between university researchers and classroom science teachers have been encouraged by recent efforts of both the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Key teachers in the Search for Excellence in Science Education (SESE)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
The multiple-choice test items collected in this volume were selected from questions submitted by teachers in New South Wales for the Science Library of Test Items. The collection is intended as a resource to assist teachers in implementing and evaluating courses in the first 4 years of Australian secondary school. To ensure quality in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, General Science, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
The second volume of test items in the Science Library of Test Items is intended as a resource to assist teachers in implementing and evaluating science courses in the first 4 years of Australian secondary school. The items were selected from questions submitted to the School Certificate Development Unit by teachers in New South Wales. Only the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, General Science, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1982
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, print masters of tests 66 through 91 are provided. Among the areas covered are: carbon compounds; evolution; map reading; genetics; energy; chemical formulae; electricity; graphs; metric measures; solubility; and physical separations. Many tests contain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests, Natural Sciences
Trembath, Richard J.; Barufaldi, James P. – 1981
The present study: (1) identified certain scientific misconceptions possessed by high school and university students; (2) identified, by written and interview means, the origins of these misconceptions; and (3) classified the misconceptions according to their origin. A pilot study using grade 9 high school students showed that, although more…
Descriptors: College Science, Concept Formation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
