The National Trial of the New Standardised Test of Achievement in Primary Science for Fiji: A Comparison of Sub-Groups Performances Within the Sample Population

Title
The National Trial of the New Standardised Test of Achievement in Primary Science for Fiji: A Comparison of Sub-Groups Performances Within the Sample Population
Publication Date
1994
Author(s)
Macpherson, Colin
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics
Place of publication
Malaysia
UNE publication id
une:23305
Abstract
The development of the new standardised test of achievement in primary science for Fiji was reported in a previous issue of this journal (Taylor & Macpherson 1992a). Since then a national trial of the test has provided data on the comparative performance of various groups within the school population. The study revealed a marked difference in performance between urban and rural students but no significant difference between male and female students. Perhaps most importantly, however, and contrary to the findings of other studies with older students, there was no significant difference in the performance of two major ethnic groups: Indigenous Fijians and Ethnic Indians. In the light of these results a number of recommendations are suggested for further research in this area.
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Citation
Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 17(1), p. 8-13
ISSN
0126-7663
Start page
8
End page
13

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