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SecTIOn 10: eIgHTH grade – currIculuM QueSTIOnnaIre
TIMSS & PIRLS 2011 Curriculum Questionnaire
7. How much emphasis does the national science curriculum place on the following?
Refers to the national curriculum that covers science instruction at the eighth grade
of formal schooling for the majority of students. If you do not have a national
curriculum, please summarize for your state or provincial curricula.
a) Knowing basic science facts and
principles-------------------------------b)
Applying science in real-life
contexts---------------------------------c)
Providing explanations or
justifications about what is being
studied---------------------------------d)
Designing and planning experiments
or investigations-----------------------e)
Conducting experiments or
investigations---------------------------
Comments:
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