VMAST Practice Test Manual

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VMAST Practice Test Manual Page 1 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 1 Revised October 31, 2012 Practice Item Guide Virginia Standards of Learning Biology October, 2012 Pearson Page 2 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 2 Revised October 31, 2012 Table of Contents OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................... 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTNAV ................................................................................. 4 TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED ITEM (TEI) TYPES .......................................................................... 5 Drag and Drop ........................................................................................................................... 5 Hot Spot .................................................................................................................................... 5 Bar Graph or Histogram ............................................................................................................ 5 Fill-in-the-Blank ......................................................................................................................... 6 OPENING THE VIRGINIA SOL SCIENCE PRACTICE ITEMS ...................................................... 7 MATERIALS NEEDED FOR COMPLETING VIRGINIA SOL PRACTICE ITEMS ......................... 8 ONLINE TOOLS AVAILABLE ON THE VIRGINIA SOL SCIENCE PRACTICE ITEMS ............... 8 SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE SOL BIOLOGY PRACTICE ITEMS ...................................... 9 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 9 APPENDIX A ................................................................................................................................. 32 APPENDIX B ................................................................................................................................. 34 Page 3 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 3 Revised October 31, 2012 OVERVIEW The practice items available in the Virginia SOL Biology practice tool provide examples of the new content and increased rigor represented by the 2010 SOL. Additionally, these items illustrate the new technology-enhanced item (TEI) types. These practice items do not cover all the Biology SOL and should not be used in place of review of the SOL test content. This practice guide may be used by teachers or other adults to guide students through the practice items for Biology. While the use of this guide with the practice items is not required, it is strongly encouraged, as it will help ensure that students are familiar with the types of items that they may encounter while taking the Biology test. The directions in the guide will also lead students through practice with the online tools, and will familiarize students with how to navigate through the test, and how to use the Section Review screen within TestNav. Appendix B summarizes how student responses for TEI are indicated on the Section Review screen. Prior to guiding students through the practice items, carefully read this practice item guide and review the practice items to become familiar with them. All directions that must be read aloud to the students are in bold Arial font so that they stand out from the rest of the text. All other text is for your information and should not be read to students. While these practice items will not be scored in TestNav, the correct answer for each question is provided as the item is reviewed in the guide, as well as in Appendix A. The following Change Log indicates any updates to this document. Change Log Version Date Description V.1 03/01/2012 Original document posted. V.2 03/20/2012 Appendix amended for question 1. V.3 10/31/2012 Additional practice items added to existing set. Various changes throughout guide regarding how TEI appear on the Section Review screen. Removed two practice items. Updated directions and screen shots for exiting TestNav. Added Appendix B. Page 4 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 4 Revised October 31, 2012 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTNAV The minimum hardware requirements for all workstations used to access TestNav are available at http://www.pearsononlinetesting.com/TestNav/7/index.html Page 5 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 5 Revised October 31, 2012 TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED ITEM (TEI) TYPES There are four types of technology-enhanced items: • drag and drop, • hot spot (which includes number line and coordinate plane items), • bar graph or histogram, and • fill-in-the-blank. A brief description of each technology-enhanced item (TEI) type is provided below. The SOL practice items for Biology will introduce all four of the TEI types. Drag and Drop Drag and drop items contain draggers and bays. • Draggers are the answer options that are moved to bays in response to the question. • Bays are areas of an item where draggers will remain once moved there. Drag and drop items require a student to respond by moving one or more draggers from one place on the screen into a bay(s) elsewhere on the screen. The student will click on the dragger and keep the button down while moving the dragger to the desired location. Once the button is released, the dragger will be in the new location. Students can still move the dragger once it has been dropped into a bay. Hot Spot Hot spot items contain hot spot zones which represent student answer options. • Hot spot zones are answer options which may be part of a graphic, art, numbers, or text, that are selected in response to a question. • Unlike a traditional multiple-choice item where only one answer option is correct, hot spot items may require the student to select one or more hot spot zones (answer options) in order to correctly answer the item. • Number line and coordinate plane items require students to respond by clicking on a number line or coordinate plane to plot one or more points. In these items, the points themselves are the hot spot zones. Only points plotted with the pointer tool are scorable responses. Points plotted with the dot tool are not scorable responses. The student selects a hot spot by clicking on it. In some hot spot items, there will be an indication on the screen, such as the zone being outlined in light blue, which confirms that the pointer is over a hot spot. After the hot spot is clicked, there will always be an indication that the zone has been selected as an answer, such as the hot spot being outlined in burnt orange, the hot spot being shaded, an asterisk being placed on the hot spot, or a red point being plotted on the number line or coordinate plane. Bar Graph or Histogram Bar Graph or Histogram items require students to graph data by indicating the height (if the bars are vertical) or length (if the bars are horizontal) of one or more bars or intervals. The bar height or length is graphed by clicking on a location within the graph or by dragging the bar to the desired location. Page 6 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 6 Revised October 31, 2012 Fill-in-the-Blank Fill-in-the-Blank items require students to input characters from the keyboard (numbers, letters, or symbols) to answer the question. For this item type, the student responds to a question by typing into a blank box provided in the item. • Some response boxes may limit the characters that can be entered. For instance, if the response is expected to be numeric, the student will not be able to enter letters. • Students should carefully follow directions in fill-in-the-blank items, such as providing an answer in simplest form, rounding a number as indicated, or using significant digits. Page 7 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 7 Revised October 31, 2012 OPENING THE VIRGINIA SOL SCIENCE PRACTICE ITEMS 1. Go to the Virginia Department of Education Web site: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/practice_items/index.shtml 2. Under the heading “Science Practice Items” click on the Biology link. Since this is a web based application, the link will take you directly to the Biology practice items. Page 8 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 8 Revised October 31, 2012 MATERIALS NEEDED FOR COMPLETING VIRGINIA SOL PRACTICE ITEMS Scratch paper and pencil ONLINE TOOLS AVAILABLE ON THE VIRGINIA SOL SCIENCE PRACTICE ITEMS The following tools can be accessed by clicking the appropriate icon on the toolbar at the top of the screen. These tools can be used to assist the test taker in finding answers, and only the pointer can be used to respond to the questions. Tool Icon Description Pointer – Use the pointer to answer questions. Eraser – Use the eraser to remove lines or highlights. Highlighter – Use the highlighter tool to highlight text or graphics. Eliminator – Use the eliminator tool on multiple-choice questions to mark choices you do not wish to consider. Pencil – Use the pencil tool to make marks on the test questions. Ruler – Use the ruler tool to measure something on screen. Straightedge – Use the straightedge tool to draw straight lines and underline text. Calculator – Use the calculator tool to perform calculations. Help – Use the help tool to display information about a specific tool on the top toolbar. Page 9 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 9 Revised October 31, 2012 SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE SOL BIOLOGY PRACTICE ITEMS Introduction After the practice items are launched, the first practice item will be displayed. Read the following instructions to the students. SAY Today you will be working on some Biology practice items for the SOL test. There are 14 questions that will show you some of the types of test items that will be administered as part of the new End-of-Course Biology assessment. Some questions are multiple-choice and others are technology-enhanced items. Technology-enhanced items require you to show your answer in another way, such as typing the answer in a box, completing a graph, or clicking and dragging the answer to a specific location. Listen carefully as I read the directions for these practice items. I will guide you through each item one at a time. Please remember that the questions you see are practice questions. They will not be scored, but I will tell you the correct answer for each item. Are there any questions before we start? Pause to answer questions. SAY Next and Previous buttons appear at the bottom of the screen for each question. Clicking Next takes you to the next question. Clicking Previous takes you back to the previous question. Notice that the Previous button is not available when viewing the first question, but will become available when proceeding to the second question. Question numbers are also located at the bottom of the screen. For example, the screen with the first question reads “Question 1 of 14.” SAY At any time, you may click on the Flag for Review button ( ) located at the bottom left of the screen. This should be used for any question that you want to review at a later time. We will practice using this button when we are working on the practice items. Now let’s look at the top of your screen. Pause. The picture below is the toolbar students will see at the top of the screen. SAY The tools you may use are in the toolbar at the top of the screen. We will practice with some of the tools as we work through the practice questions. If you forget what a tool does, you can click on the Help symbol ( ) to read about the tool. Page 10 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 10 Revised October 31, 2012 The Help tool has information about the tools. If you would like your students to explore the Help tool, you can have them do this at the end of the practice items, after they have been exposed to the tools while working these items. SAY One thing to remember is that the tools at the top of the screen are there to help you solve a problem. The only tool that can be used to mark an answer to a question is the pointer tool ( ). Underneath the toolbar is a gray directions banner. The directions banner tells you how to answer the question. Always read the directions banner before solving the problem. Make sure students see the directions box at the top of the screen. SAY The directions say, “Click on the correct location on the graph to plot each data point from the chart. A bar will form under that point.” Underneath the directions, the problem says, “An investigation produced data describing the water absorbed and released by a rosebush over a 12-hour period. The chart shows the collected data. Make a bar graph of these data.” In order to get the item correct, you must click on a location above each bar to graph the correct height. If you change your mind about a bar height, you can click on another location, and the bar height will change. Now go ahead and graph the data. Pause while students select their answers. Assist students as necessary. Page 11 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 11 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Which heights did you select for each bar? Pause for replies. SAY You should have made each bar the following height: The Absorbed Bars, which are the red color bars, should be the following heights: • The 8:00am bar should be at a height of 0.5, which is the first interval line on the vertical axis. • The 12:00 noon bar should be at a height of 3. • The 4:00pm bar should be at a height of 7. • The 8:00pm bar should be at a height of 8. The Released Bars, which are light blue, should be the following heights: • The 8:00am bar should be at a height of 1. • The 12:00 noon bar should be at a height of 7. • The 4:00pm bar should be at a height of 10. • The 8:00pm bar should be at a height of 12. When we are done looking at the practice items, we will look at a Section Review screen. The Section Review screen shows which questions you have answered and which questions you have not answered. For bar graph or histogram questions, once you raise one bar above the original height, it will show as “Answered” on the Section Review screen. Do you have any questions on how to graph the data? Pause to answer questions. Please note that additional information regarding the requirements for an item to appear as “Answered” on the Section Review screen within TestNav is located in Appendix B for reference. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 2. Pause. Page 12 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 12 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY With this item, you will select your answers by clicking on answers from the dark gray boxes on the screen. The directions banner at the top of your screen says, “Click on the text you want to select. Be sure to select all of the correct answers.” Now read the question but do not answer it yet. Pause while students read the question. SAY In order to get the item correct, you must click on all of the correct text boxes in the dark gray boxes. On the actual SOL test, you may see questions that require you to pick one or more answers. Some questions will tell you the number of correct answers to select. But some questions, like this one, will not give you the number of answers to select. You will have to decide how many correct answers there are. Please make sure students understand this concept, as a traditional multiple-choice question only requires one answer. Page 13 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 13 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Before answering this question, let’s practice using the pencil tool with this item. Click on the pencil icon ( ) located on the top toolbar. You may use this tool to make marks on the test questions. One of the ways you can use the pencil tool is to eliminate answer choices. You may want to use the pencil tool to eliminate choices on technology-enhanced items like this one. The eliminator tool ( ), the tool on the upper left side of the screen that is shown as a red “x”, can only be used to eliminate answer choices on multiple-choice questions. Make sure students see the eliminator tool on the toolbar and understand that it can be used on multiple-choice items but not technology-enhanced items. SAY So let’s practice making marks on this item to eliminate some choices. Use your pencil tool to put an “x” over the boxes you do NOT wish to select. Pause while students mark an “x” on the boxes. SAY Now, answer the question by clicking on all of the structures that correctly answer the question. Pause while students read and answer the question. SAY Which structures did you select? Pause for replies. SAY You should have selected: Cell Membrane, Lysosomes and Vacuoles. If you did not select all of these answers, or you selected additional answers, your answer is incorrect. You must have selected only Cell membrane, Lysosomes and Vacuoles. Since the number of correct answers was not indicated in the question or directions, this item will show as “Answered” on the Section Review screen once one answer is selected. This is so no hint or clue is given as to how many correct answers there are, since it was not indicated in the question. Do you have any questions on how to answer the question or how to use the pencil tool? Answer all questions. Please note that additional information regarding the requirements for an item to appear as “Answered” on the Section Review screen within TestNav is located in Appendix B for reference. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 3. Pause. Page 14 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 14 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY The directions in the gray banner say, “Click on the model you wish to select. Drag the model to the appropriate box.” Now read item 3 to yourself. Pause while students read the question. SAY If you do not click and drag a model into each box, the question will not be completely answered and will show as unanswered on the Section Review screen. Please note that additional information regarding the requirements for an item to appear as “Answered” on the Section Review screen within TestNav is located in Appendix B for reference. SAY If you change your mind after clicking and dragging a model to a box, you can drag the model back to the dark gray box and select another model to drag into the empty box. Now answer the question. Pause while students work to answer the question. SAY In which order did you place the boxes? Pause for replies. SAY The correct order is, from left to right: 20 μm model, 10 μm model, 4 μm model, and 2 μm model Page 15 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 15 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Do you have any questions on how to answer the question? Answer all questions. SAY Before we go to the next question, let’s take a moment to practice using the highlighter tool. You can use the highlighter tool on the toolbar to highlight words. To use this tool, click the icon that looks like a picture of a yellow highlighter ( ). Clicking the highlighter tool will change your pointer to an arrow with a highlighter next to it. Practice using the highlighter by highlighting the test question, the sentences right below the gray directions box. Then click again on the highlighter tool on the toolbar to put the tool away. Pause while students highlight the text and put the tool away. Assist students as necessary. SAY Now, let’s practice using the eraser tool to erase the mark we just made with the highlighter tool. Click the icon with the pink eraser ( ). Now click on the highlighter mark to make it disappear. Practice highlighting and erasing. When you are finished practicing, make sure both tools are put away. Pause while students practice. SAY Are there any questions on how to use the highlighter and eraser tools? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to the next question. Question 4 requires you to click and drag the answer options from the dark gray box to the correct blank boxes on the screen. Pause. Page 16 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 16 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and the text inside the box to yourself. Pause while students read the directions and text within the box. SAY You will notice that there are three empty boxes and five words that you must choose from to answer the question. In order for this question to be answered completely, all three boxes must contain a word. If you do not click and drag a word into each one of the boxes, the question will show as unanswered on the Section Review screen, because you did not completely answer the question. Please note that additional information regarding the requirements for an item to appear as “Answered” on the Section Review screen within TestNav is located in Appendix B for reference. SAY Now answer the question. Pause while students answer the question. SAY How did you answer the question? Pause for replies. SAY The correct order is: Top left box – A disease; Middle box – pathogens; Bottom box – inherited. Do you have any questions? Page 17 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 17 Revised October 31, 2012 Answer all questions. SAY Before we go onto the next question, click on the Flag for Review button on the bottom left of the screen. If this were an actual SOL test, you would click this button if you wanted to come back and review the question again. Pause while students click on this icon. SAY When we reach the end of the practice questions, I will show you how the questions that you flagged for review will look on the Section Review screen. They will have a picture of a flag next to them. Pause. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 5. SAY This item requires you to enter your numerical answer into the blank box on the screen. Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. In order to type into the box, you must first make sure that you are using the pointer tool and that you click inside the box before you begin typing. Pause while students read the directions and question and answer the question. SAY What number did you type for your answer? Pause for replies. Page 18 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 18 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY You should have entered 35. For fill-in-the-blank questions, you answer does not always need to be the same length as the box. Also, once any character is entered into the response box, the question will show as “Answered” on the Section Review screen. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. Please note that additional information regarding the requirements for an item to appear as “Answered” on the Section Review screen within TestNav is located in Appendix B for reference. SAY Try entering other characters into the box, such as letters or symbols. Pause while students try to enter other characters. In this item, they will not be able to enter any character other than a number. If a fractional answer is required in a technology-enhanced item, the “/” symbol is to be used for the fraction bar. If a decimal is required, a “.” is used to represent the decimal point. SAY Notice that the box will only accept numbers. If a letter, number, or symbol does not appear in the answer box after you’ve tried it, then you cannot use that symbol in your answer. You can use the backspace key on the keyboard to clear your answer or the delete key. To use the delete key, place the pointer in front of the character you wish to delete and then press the delete key. Or, highlight the character you wish to delete and press the delete key. Try clearing your answer and retyping it in the box. Pause while students clear their answer and reenter it into the box. SAY Do you have any questions about how to type your answer in the box or how to change your answer? Answer all questions. SAY Before we go to the next question, let’s take a moment to practice using the straightedge tool. You can use the straightedge tool on the toolbar to make a straight line or underline text. To use this tool, click the icon that looks like a slanted line ( ). Clicking the straightedge tool will change your pointer to an arrow with a slanted line next to it. Click and drag to create a line. Practice using the straightedge by underlining the words “double helix.” Then click again on the straightedge tool on the toolbar to put the tool away. Pause while students underline the text and put the tool away. Assist students as necessary. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 6. Pause. Page 19 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 19 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY To answer this question correctly, you will need to enter your answer into the blank box underneath the chart. Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause while students read and answer the question. SAY How did you answer the question? Pause for replies. SAY The correct responses are: UAA or UAG or UGA. You must have one of those answers to be correct. If a student asks, for this item, “uaa”, “uag”, and “uga” would also be scored as correct. SAY Do you have any questions? Answer any questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 7. Pause. Page 20 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 20 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY This question requires you to drag the numbers from the dark gray box to the answer boxes shown in the timeline. It is important to note that after you have completely answered the item, not all of the boxes on the timeline will have a number in them. Two will be blank. Read the directions and item to yourself. If you change your mind after clicking and dragging a number to a box, you can drag the number back to the dark gray box and select another number to drag into the empty box. Now answer the question. Pause while students answer the question. SAY In which sequence did you place the numbers? Pause for replies. SAY The correct number sequence from lower left to upper right is: blank box, 2, 4, blank box, 1, 3. In order for this item to show as “Answered” on the Section Review screen, all four numbers need to be placed in a box on the timeline. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 8. Page 21 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 21 Revised October 31, 2012 Pause. SAY This question requires you to drag the correct arrow from the dark gray box to the correct box in the food chain. The arrows can be used more than once. In order for this question to be completely answered, and show as “Answered” on the Section Review screen, all four boxes need to have an arrow placed in them. Read the directions and question to yourself. Then answer the question by dragging the correct arrow to each box. Pause while students read and answer the question. SAY How did you answer the question? Pause for replies. SAY You should have all the arrows pointing UP. Do you have any questions about how to answer this question correctly? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 9. Pause. Page 22 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 22 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause. SAY Which answer did you chose? Pause for replies. SAY The correct answer is C, 0.32. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 10. Page 23 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 23 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause. SAY Which answer did you chose? Pause for replies. SAY The correct answer is B, Rr X rr. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 11. Pause. Page 24 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 24 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause. SAY Which answer did you chose? Pause for replies. SAY The correct answer is D, be both cohesive and adhesive due to hydrogen bonds. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 12. Page 25 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 25 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause. SAY Which answer did you chose? Pause for replies. SAY The correct answer is A, Cell specialization is necessary to form tissues. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 13. Page 26 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 26 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause. SAY Which answer did you chose? Pause for replies. SAY The correct answer is A, 120. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to question 14. Page 27 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 27 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Read the directions and question to yourself and then answer the question. Pause. SAY Which answer did you chose? Pause for replies. SAY The correct answer is D, Chordates have similar characteristics during embryonic development. Do you have any questions? Answer all questions. If you want your students to practice using the Help tool (as mentioned on page 9), they can do so now. They can also practice using the calculator and the ruler tool at this time. The ruler tool was not used in these practice items, but if you would like your students to measure a figure, have them measure the distance across of the “A Few Chordate Embryos” box on this question. The student may measure it in inches or centimeters (cm), whichever you prefer. The distance across is approximately 6 inches or 15 centimeters. The calculator was not necessary for any of the practice items, but if you would like your students to practice using it, you can write any problem on the whiteboard or chalkboard, and ask the students to determine the answer using the calculator. Page 28 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 28 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Click Next at the bottom of the screen to go to the Section Review screen. SAY The Section Review screen shows which questions have been answered, which questions have not been answered and which questions you have flagged for review. To return to a question, click on the question number. Practice returning to a question by clicking on question #4, the question we flagged for review. You should see a picture of a flag in the “Flagged for Review” column next to the question. (Pause.) You can then return to this screen by clicking on the “Section Review” button at the bottom of the screen on question #4. Pause while students practice returning to question #4 and then come back to this screen. SAY You can also use the Section Review screen to sort the questions. The top row of the Section Review screen tells you how many questions you have flagged for review, answered, or left unanswered. If you want to view only the questions you Flagged for Review, simply click on the column header that says “Flagged for Review.” If you want to view only questions you have answered, click the “Answered” header. If you want to view only questions you left unanswered, click on the header that says “Unanswered.” Move your pointer over each column heading and notice how that section of the heading changes. Pause while students practice sorting the columns. Page 29 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 29 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY If the Section Review screen indicates that a question is unanswered, you have not answered a question completely. If this happens, it is a good idea to return to the question, and read the directions and the question again before making any changes to your answer. Are there any questions? Students should check any questions that show as “Unanswered” on the Section Review screen. When the student returns to the question he or she may see that there is an answer, but it may be incomplete. It is important to note, however, that some questions will show as answered once a student responds with a single answer. This is necessary at times to avoid hinting or cluing an answer. For example, hot spot items that require students to “Select All” fall into this category. Please see Appendix B for detailed information. SAY To get back to the Section Review screen that lists all questions and the status of each, click the top left-hand column header, titled “_ of 14 Total Items.” (Pause.) The number in the blank will vary, depending on the last column the student has filtered on. SAY We are going to review two more screens. Click on the “Continue to Test Overview” button on the lower left corner of the screen. (Pause.) Page 30 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 30 Revised October 31, 2012 From the Test Overview screen, you can return to the test or move to the final screen. Clicking on Section 1 will take you to the last practice item you were working on or went back to review. Since we have finished with the practice items, we will not return to any question within the section. Clicking on the “Submit and Exit Test” button at the bottom of the screen will move you to the final screen. Are there any questions? (Pause to answer all questions.) SAY Now click on “Submit and Exit Test.” (Pause.) You will see a stop sign with three choices. It is important to review these three choices. (Pause.) Page 31 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 31 Revised October 31, 2012 SAY Notice this screen indicates the number of unfinished items you have on the test. SAY The first choice states, “Return to the test.” This option allows you to go back to the practice questions. You would click this option if you wanted to return to any of the questions. Selecting this would first take you to the screen we just reviewed, and then you would click on Section 1 to return to the practice items. The second choice states, “Exit the test.” This option should NOT be chosen. This option may be used during actual SOL testing, but should NOT be used for this practice set. If you click on this option, you will lose all of your work. It will not be saved. Pause and make sure students understand not to choose option 2. During actual SOL testing, students may be directed to choose this option if they are being moved to a different location to complete their tests or if they need to leave the testing environment (while monitored) for a short time. SAY The third choice states, “Submit the test.” This option allows you to submit your answers. Once you have finished using these practice items, proceed with exiting the application. SAY Since we have finished with the practice items, please click on the third option, “Submit the test.” Next, click on the green button that says “Final submit.” When you click this button during actual SOL testing, your test will be submitted for scoring and you will not be able to return to the test. This completes our review of the Biology Practice items. Thank you for reviewing the Biology Practice Items with your students. Page 32 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 32 Revised October 31, 2012 APPENDIX A Answers to Biology Practice Items Question 1 Absorbed Bars (red color bars) • 8:00am, 0.5 • 12:00 noon, 3 • 4:00pm, 7 • 8:00pm, 8 Released Bars (light blue colored bars) • 8:00am, 1 • 12:00 noon, 7 • 4:00pm, 10 • 8:00pm,12 Question 2 Cell Membrane; Lysosomes; Vacuoles Question 3 From left to right: 20 μm model, 10 μm model, 4 μm model, and 2 μm model Question 4 Top left box – A disease; Middle box – pathogens; Bottom box – inherited Question 5 The correct answer is 35. Question 6 UAA or UAG or UGA (also uaa or uag or uga) Question 7 The correct number sequence from left to right is: blank box, 2, 4, blank box, 1, 3 Question 8 All the arrows should point UP. Question 9 The correct answer is C, 0.32. Question 10 The correct answer is B, Rr X rr. Question 11 The correct answer is D, be both cohesive and adhesive due to hydrogen bonds. Question 12 The correct answer is A, Cell specialization is necessary to form tissues. Question 13 The correct answer is A, 120. Page 33 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 33 Revised October 31, 2012 APPENDIX A (Continued) Answers to Biology Practice Items Question 14 The correct answer is D, Chordates have similar characteristics during embryonic development. Page 34 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 34 Revised October 31, 2012 APPENDIX B An overview of how student responses to technology-enhanced items will appear on the Section Review screen is outlined below: Fill-in-the-blank (FIB) Items For all fill-in-the-blank items, when a student enters any character into the response box, the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen. If a student enters an answer, and then completely erases that answer from the fill-in-the-blank box, the item will show as unanswered on the Section Review screen. Histogram or Bar Graphing Items For all histogram or bar graphing items, when a student raises any bar, the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen. If the student moves all bars back down to the original heights, the item will show as unanswered on the Section Review screen. Hot Spot Items When the number of correct responses is indicated in the directions or in the item itself, the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen only when the student selects that number of hot spots. For example, if the student is directed to select three answers, then the Section Review screen will show unanswered if the student selects one or two answers and will only show as answered once the student has selected three answers. If the number of correct responses is not indicated in the directions or in the question itself, then the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen once the student selects one answer. For example, if the student is required to “Select all correct answers,” the item will show as answered once the student selects one answer option. In this case, it is assumed that the student thought there was only one correct answer. This practice avoids providing information as to how many correct answers there are in the “select all” hot spot items. Number Line or Coordinate Plane Items Many number line or coordinate plane items require the student to plot one or more points as the response. When the number of points necessary to answer the item is indicated in the directions or the item itself, the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen only when the specified number of points has been plotted. When the directions or the item do not specify the number of points to plot, the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen once the student plots one point. Only points that have been plotted with the pointer tool are scorable responses. Points plotted with the dot tool are not scorable responses. If a student answers a question with the dot tool, the question will show as unanswered on the Section Review screen. Page 35 Virginia SOL Practice Item Guide – Biology 35 Revised October 31, 2012 APPENDIX B (Continued) Drag and Drop Items Drag and drop items contain answer receptacles called “bays” and “draggers” that the student moves into the bays to answer the question. There are many types of drag and drop items, and each item is evaluated individually so that the student is given the most detailed information possible on the Section Review screen, without providing hints as to the correct answer. For items with a specified number of bays, the item will show as answered on the Section Review screen once the student uses that number of draggers. For example, if there are three bays and it is intended for a dragger to be placed into each bay, then the Section Review screen will show the item as answered once three draggers have been input by the student. Or, in another example, if the directions or question indicate that all draggers need to be used to answer the item, then the item will show as answered on the Section Review only when all draggers have been used. If the number of draggers necessary to answer the question is not indicated, such as an item that requires the use of a dragger to complete a model or pictograph, then the Section Review Screen will show the item as answered once the student places one dragger in a bay.

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