PSLE SCIENCE For examination from 2010

PURPOSE OF THE EXAMINATION The PSLE Science Paper assesses pupils attainment in Science with respect to the aims of Primary Science Education as stated in the 2008 Science (Primary) syllabus.

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES The assessment objectives are as follows: I. Knowledge with Understanding Pupils should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of scientific facts, concepts and principles.

II.

Application of Knowledge and Process Skills Pupils should be able to: a. b. apply scientific facts, concepts and principles to new situations. use one or a combination of the following basic process skills: Observing Comparing Classifying Using apparatus and equipment Communicating Inferring Predicting Analysing Generating possibilities Evaluating Formulating hypothesis

EXAMINATION FORMAT Format of Paper The examination consists of one written paper comprising two booklets, Booklet A and Booklet B. Table 1

Booklet

Item Type

Number of questions 30 14

Number of marks per question 2 2,3,4

Weighting (%) 60 40

A B

Multiple-choice Open-ended

Booklet A consists of 30 multiple-choice questions. question carries 2 marks.

Each multiple-choice

II

Booklet B consists of 14 open-ended questions. Each open-ended question carries 2, 3 or 4 marks.

Duration of Paper The duration of the paper is 1 hour 45 minutes.