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The schedule for 2010 ICAS is now available.
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- Competition date: Tuesday, April 27th 2010
- Entries close: Tuesday, March 30th 2010
- Entry fee: RM25.00
If you have difficulties with these dates, please contact us immediately.
Aims of the Assessment
The aims of the ICAS (Science) are to:
- Provide an opportunity for all students to gain a measure of their skills in Science in an external assessment situation
- Monitor individual progress in a range of Science-based skills
- Recognise and reward achievement at all levels
- Provide students, parents and teachers with a comprehensive analysis of student performance.
Format of the papers
There are ten papers:
- Std 3: 45 minutes/30 items
- Std 4: 45 minutes/30 items
- Std 5: 55 minutes/40 items
- Std 6: 55 minutes/40 items
- Form 1: 1 hour/45 items
- Form 2: 1 hour/45 items
- Form 3: 1 hour/45 items
- Form 4: 1 hour/45 items
- Form 5/Lower 6: 1 hour/45 items
- Upper 6: 1 hour/45 items
Each year level is marked as a separate group.
The competition consists of a range of multiple-choice items.
Each question is worth one mark. The total score is the number of correct answers. No marks are deducted for wrong answers.
Features of the Competition
The questions cover a wide variety of skills and processes that are an integral part of Science. These include observing and measuring, reading and interpreting information, predicting, drawing conclusions, understanding experimental design and higher order skills, such as reasoning and problem solving. The papers test the application of these skills across all Science disciplines.
The competition provides schools with a powerful diagnostic tool. It allows teachers to recognise areas of strength and weakness in the skills their students have. This can then be used in the development of teaching-learning programs.
Who can enter?
The competition is open to all students from Std 3 to Upper 6.
Students should attempt the paper for the year level in which they are currently enrolled in Malaysian schools.
If you are unsure about the appropriate paper for your students, please contact us.
What is the standard of the competition?
Questions early in the papers are designed so that the majority of students can answer them successfully.
The questions become progressively more challenging. Those towards the end of the paper are designed to provide the opportunity for the most able students to demonstrate a high level of skill.
Results
Each student receives a diagnostic report and a certificate suitable for inclusion in a portfolio.
Schools receive valuable statistics which will enable them to compare their students’ achievements with the rest of Malaysia.
Each year level is marked separately. This is why students must enter the year level in which they are enrolled in Malaysian schools.
Confidentiality of school statistics is maintained at all times. EAA does not use these statistics to draw comparisons between schools or school systems.