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APU Science Report for Teachers 4: Science in Schools, Age 13
The APU report number 4 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, students responded to them and suggestions about how the information might be used.
Contents:
1. Overview of the survey
2. Provision of science for 12-13 year olds
3. Use of graphical and symbolic representation
4. Observation
5. Interpretation and application: effect of question demands
6. Interpretation and application: groups of questions with properties in common
7. Planning parts of investigations
8. A summary and interpretation of the survey findings
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