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We carried out an academic survey in science for 80 undergraduates of teacher training courses using 25 science problems of the national school achievement tests conducted in 2015 for 9th grade students at lower secondary school in Japan. Based on the results, we found the following trends in their academic abilities : Although the total average correctness of the undergraduates is about 75％，the itemized scores for physics, chemistry, biology and earth science are significantly different each other. The undergraduates are good at chemistry and biology, whereas they are poor at earth science and physics. The difference in achievement for the undergraduates between the four scientific content domains can be originated from their major subjects at upper secondary school. From the correlation in the correctness for each problem between the undergraduates and 9th graders, both of them are found to share some common weaknesses. Moreover, we found some strong and weak points peculiar to the pre−service teachers. |
