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Students' thinking in science

Junior Science: Thinking with Evidence tests students’ ability to think within the context of science. The tests focus on the science capabilities which link the Nature of Science (NOS) achievement objectives and the key competency-thinking. The different capabilities require different types of thinking.

Within the science capabilities student thinking requires more complex science understandings as the items become more difficult.

Below are examples of how students need to think in easy and more difficult items in the five science capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

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