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APU Science Report for Teachers 3: Science at Age 13

The APU report for teachers presents, in concise form, some of the data and findings of the APU surveys of students aged 13. It includes an outline of the assessment framework, some of the questions which were written to match it, a description of how well, and how differently, pupils responded to them and suggestions about how the information might be used.

Contents
*Introduction
*Performance of investigations (Category 6)
*Planning of investigations (Category 5)
*Interpretation and application (Category 4)
*Observation (Category 3)
*Use of apparatus and measuring instruments (Category 2)
*Use of graphical and symbolic representation (Category 1)
*An overall view of performance in science
*APU science publications
*APU steering group on science

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