Assessment
Assessment
SKILLS AND PROCESSES
Pupils are provided with opportunities to apply learned concepts and skills,
by engaging the surrounding environment and its processes and phenomena,
for the purpose of inquiry, awareness and self-development.
Skills
Observing
This is the skill of using our senses to gather information about objects
or events. This also includes the use of instruments to extend the range
of our senses.
Comparing
This is the skill of identifying the similarities and differences between
two or more objects, concepts or processes.
Classifying
This is the skill of grouping objects or events based on common characteristics.
Using apparatus and equipment
This is the skill of knowing the functions and limitations of various
apparatus, and developing the ability to select and handle them appropriately
for various tasks.
Communicating
This is the skill of transmitting and receiving information presented
in various forms - verbal, pictorial, tabular or graphical.
Inferring
This is the skill of interpreting or explaining observations or pieces
of data or information.
Predicting
This is the skill of assessing the likelihood of an outcome based on prior
knowledge of how things usually turn out.
Analysing
This is the skill of identifying the parts of objects, information or
processes, and the patterns and relationships between these parts.
Generating possibilities
This is the skill of exploring all the alternatives, possibilities and
choices beyond the obvious or preferred one.
Evaluating
This is the skill of assessing the reasonableness, accuracy and quality
of information, processes or ideas. This is also the skill of assessing
the quality and feasibility of objects.
Formulating hypothesis
This is the skill of making a general explanation for a related set of
observations or events. It is an extension of inferring.
Processes
Processes are complex operations which require the use of several skills.
Creative Problem Solving
Analysing a problem and choosing an innovative and relevant solution to
alter a problem situation.
Decision-Making
Establishing and applying criteria to select from among seemingly equal
alternatives with consideration to consequences and values.
Investigation
Formulating questions or hypotheses and creating fair methods that are
then carried out to verify the stated hypotheses.
Assessment Framework
|
Level |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Primary 3/4/5 |
Bite-sized Assessment 1 (10%) |
Bite-sized Assessment 2 (15%) |
Bite-sized Assessment 3 (15%) |
Semestral Assessment (60%) |
|
Primary 6 |
Bite-sized Assessment 1 |
Bite-sized Assessment 2 |
Preliminary Examinations (100%) |
Primary School Leaving Examination |
Important Note:
Any student who is absent for a weighted assessment needs to produce a
Medical Certificate to cover him for that day. Marks will be pro-rated
accordingly.
Primary Science Syllabus
Please click HERE for
the Primary Science Syllabus from MOE 2014.
Please click HERE for
the Primary Science Syllabus from MOE 2023.