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Assessment of primary education
What 12-year-old students learn

 

Social science

Historical changes and scenes

There were 9 questions on
  • Basic aspects of historical time;Units of measurement.
  • Ways of life in the great historical epochs
  • Important events in Spanish history
  • Historical sources
Objective
Ability to recognise changes and transformations connected with the passage of time
Overall Result
Average score for this part of the test: 64% correct answers
Easiest question: 90% correct answers
Most difficult question: 43% correct answers



Easiest question

Objective
Recognition of changes and transformations connected with the passage of time

These ships belong to different historical epochs. Can you arrange them in chronological order from the oldest to the most modern?

C D B A       1
C A B D       2
D B C A       3
D B A C       4*


Most difficult question

Objective
Knowledge of basic aspects of historical time

On the time line below, how many years does each unit represent?

100         1*
10          2
1000        3
25          4


Average difficulty question

Objective
Understanding of historical texts

Students are asked to read a text from 1826 describing the jobs that children performed in London during the early years of the Industrial Revolution, then answer the question:

What was the basic reason for hiring children for these tasks?

It was a means of ensuring that they were 
     properly fed and educated                      1
They learned a trade on which they could 
     live when they grew up                         2
Wages were lower, and they were more 
     submissive than adults and did not protest     3*
There were not enough adults to do all the jobs 
     that there were                                4


Correct answers

 

Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.

 

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