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Table 5 Item groups in scientific literacy assessment instrument

From: Development and validation of an instrument for assessing scientific literacy from junior to senior high school

 

Grade 6

Grade 9

Grade 12

Item group

Item group

Item group

Physics

SS5

Sound

PJ1

"Practice 10"

PS1

"Magic Disc"

L1

Friction

L1

Friction

PS2

Eelectromagnetic Induction Heating

  

L3

Bus

L3

Bus

Chemistry

SS6

Change of Matter

CJ1

Food Additives

CS1

Orpiment and Realga

  

L4

Graphene

L4

Graphene

    

CS2

Acid Rain

Biology

SS3

Grassland Environment

BJ1

Food Chain

BS1

Clone Sheep

SS7

Digestive Organs

BJ2

Cabbage Caterpillar

BS2

Parkinson's Syndrome

  

BJ3

Myopia

BS3

Mouse Trap

  

L5

Transgenic Technology

L5

Transgenic Technology

Geography

L2

Museum

L2

Museum

GS1

Haze

  

GJ1

The Belt and Road Initiative

GS2

"Sponge City"

  

L6

Earth's Revolution

L6

Earth's Revolution

  

GJ2

Yellow River Basin

  
  1. J stands for junior high school, S stands for senior high school; SS stands for comprehensive science items, P stands for physics, C for chemistry, B for biology, and G for geography; L stands for the same item groups. For example, CJ stands for junior high school chemistry, CS stands for senior high school chemistry, L1 and L2 stand for the same two item groups in Grade 6 and 9 respectively: "friction" and "Museum"