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    <journal-meta>
        <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU</journal-id>
        <journal-title-group>
            <journal-title>Informatics in Education</journal-title>
        </journal-title-group>
        <issn pub-type="epub">1648-5831</issn>
        <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-5831</issn>
        <publisher>
            <publisher-name>VU</publisher-name>
        </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
                <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INFE030</article-id>
                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/infedu.2004.04</article-id>
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            <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
                <subject>Article</subject>
            </subj-group>
        </article-categories>
                        <title-group>
            <article-title>The Analysis of the Informatics Exam of Secondary Education in Lithuania</article-title>
        </title-group>
                        <contrib-group>
                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>KAKLAUSKAS</surname>
                    <given-names>Liudvikas</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:liukak@fm.su.lt">liukak@fm.su.lt</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_000"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_000">Siauliai University P.Visinskio 25, LT-5400 Siauliai, Lithuania</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>NARKIENE</surname>
                    <given-names>Vilma</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:vilman@takas.lt">vilman@takas.lt</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_001"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_001">Siauliai University P.Visinskio 25, LT-5400 Siauliai, Lithuania</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>MARKAUSKAITE</surname>
                    <given-names>Lina</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:lmark@takas.lt">lmark@takas.lt</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_002"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_002">Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Akademijos 4, 08663 Vilnius, Lithuania</aff>
                                </contrib-group>
                                                                                                                                    <volume>3</volume>
                                <issue>1</issue>
                                    <fpage>43</fpage>
                        <lpage>54</lpage>
						<pub-date pub-type="epub">
                        <day>15</day>
                                    <month>04</month>
                        <year>2004</year>
        </pub-date>
                                                        <abstract>
                        <p>This article analyses the informatics exam of secondary education in Lithuania. The research evaluates the correspondence of examination tasks to the exam program and its aims. Then, it studies the equality of examination variants. The article also discusses the clarity of the exam questions and instructions as well as the organization of the exam and the objectivity of evaluation criteria.</p>
                    </abstract>
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            <label>Keywords</label>
                        <kwd>informatics</kwd>
                        <kwd>information and communication technology (ICT)</kwd>
                        <kwd>secondary education</kwd>
                        <kwd>graduation exam</kwd>
                        <kwd>statistical analysis</kwd>
                    </kwd-group>
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