In 2014, Biology was part of the National Assessment of Knowledge as the third subject for the fourth time. 4210 students took it with the average score of 47,46 percentile points. This thesis analyses in depth the answers of 298 randomly selected exams from across Slovenia. The exam consisted of 22 questions, 12 of which were single choice questions. The other 10 were structured with two additional sub questions. This thesis focuses on the last 10 questions as they offer us a better insight into the overall knowledge of the students. Three hypotheses were used to try and establish whether some common errors or typical wrong answers occur, whether students lack knowledge of specific subjects in the current curriculum and whether misinterpretations of the questions or perhaps an inability to express oneself are present. The analysis of the results from the random sample has allowed us to accept all three hypotheses.
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