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Direct linkForster, Patricia A. – Research in Science Education, 2005
The issue of unfairness arises in high-stakes public examinations when students choose questions from alternatives that are offered and marks on the alternatives turn out to be discrepant. This paper addresses and defines unfairness and discrepancy in the context of alternative questions in Physics Tertiary Entrance Examinations (TEE) in Western…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Identification, High Stakes Tests
Forster, Patricia A. – Research in Science Education, 2004
Interpretation and construction of graphs are central to the study of physics and to performance in physics. In this paper, I explore the interpretation and construction processes called upon in questions with a graphical component, in Western Australian Physics Tertiary Entrance Examinations. In addition, I list errors made by students as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Graphs, College Entrance Examinations
