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

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Spanish language and literature
Written comprehension

Comprehension of information texts

There were 12 questions on
instructions
recipes
news
explanatory texts
Objective
To develop the student's ability to comprehend information texts as a basic tool for learning and for the conveyance of messages in everyday life
Overall Result
Average score for this part of the test: 66% correct answers
Easiest question: 87% correct answers
Most difficult question: 31% correct answers



Easiest question

Objective
Comprehension of information given in a recipe

The student is given an information text describing an experiment to obtain chlorophyll, starch and sugar from leaves. After reading the text, the student is asked to answer the question:

If you do as the text says, you will find that...

Geranium leaves are green                   1
The leaves contain iodine and alcohol       2
The leaves contain water                    3
The leaves contain starch and chlorophyll   4*


Most difficult question

Objective
To understand the scientific information in an explanatory text

The student is given a text which talks about whales, what they are like, their habits and what man thinks of them. After reading the text, the student is asked to answer the question:

"Whales were shot with total impunity" means:

Nobody punished people who hunted whales    1*
They were very easy to catch                2
They were shot with air guns                3
They were shot with arrows                  4


Average difficulty question

Objective
To distinguish between a set of instructions and other kinds of text

The student is given a text containing instructions on the best way to preserve the environment.
After reading the text, the student is asked to answer the following question:

Say what kind of text you think you have just read:

Orders              1
Regulations         2
Laws                3
Instructions        4*


Correct answers

 

Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.


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