Test Specifications
Contents
Science
Content
(p. 25-39)
The HSPA Content/Skill
Outlines for Macro Statements 5.1 through 5.12 are as follows:
| Systems
| Problem-Solving | History
of Science | Technology | Mathematics
| Structure of Life | Genetics
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| Matter |
Force & Motion | Energy
| Geological Systems | Universe
| Environment |
| 5.3.6.7
- HISTORY OF SCIENCE
I.
MACRO STATEMENT
RECOGNIZE THAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CAN RESPOND TO AND GENERATE CHANGES IN SOCIAL/POLITICAL
CONDITIONS AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENTISTS. |
II.
KNOWLEDGE STATEMENTS
A STUDENT SHOULD KNOW:
A. EXAMPLES OF SCIENTISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR IDEAS AND
THEORIES IN SCIENCE.
B. HISTORICALLY, AN INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIP
EXISTS AMONG SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
AND SOCIETY.
- Science, technology, and society
are closely related. When any one component changes,
there will be an effect on the other two.
- For instance, discovery of electromagnetic
waves led to the inventions of television and radio resulting
in home entertainment and a better informed people.
III. SKILL
STATEMENTS
TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OUTLINED ABOVE,
A STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Recognize the cause and effect relationship
between social/political needs and the field of science.
- Sequence the events in a development of
a theory.
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