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

 

Natural sciences

Human beings and health

There were 6 questions on
  • Functioning of the motor system and the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory and reproductive apparatuses
  • The effect of certain eating habits or habits of general hygiene on health
Objective
Understanding of the functioning of the human body. Ability to identify the main parts by name, and also the functions of each one.
Overall Result
Average score for this part of the test: 68% correct answers
Easiest question: 86% correct answers
Most difficult question: 37% correct answers



Easiest question

Objective
Identification of basic aspects of nutrition

If we ate nothing but meat, would this be good or bad for our bodies?

Bad, because we would lack carbohydrates 
     and certain vitamins                           1*
Good, because meat contains everything              2
Bad, because we would grow too much                 3
Good because it would provide the materials 
     that we need to grow                           4


Most difficult question

Objective
Identification of the functions of the organs in the excretory apparatus

What is the principal function of urine?

To remove water from the blood                  1
To remove digestive waste                       2
To remove gastric juices from the stomach       3
To remove waste substances from the blood       4*


Average difficulty question

Objective
Recognition of basic aspects of the circulatory apparatus

By means of the circulatory apparatus, the blood:

Carries food from the stomach to the intestine              1
Carries nutrients and oxygen to all of the body's organs    2*
Carries oxygen from the nostrils to the lungs               3
Carries waste from the kidneys to the bladder               4

Correct answers

 

Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.

 

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