PISA 2006 Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World: Volume 1: Analysis

PISA 2006 Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World: Volume 1: Analysis

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2007-12-04

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9264040013

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PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World presents the results from the most recent PISA survey, which focused on science and also assessed mathematics and reading. It is divided into two volumes: the first offers an analysis of the results, the second contains the underlying data.


PISA Take the Test Sample Questions from OECD's PISA Assessments

PISA Take the Test Sample Questions from OECD's PISA Assessments

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2009-02-02

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9264050817

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This book presents all the publicly available questions from the PISA surveys. Some of these questions were used in the PISA 2000, 2003 and 2006 surveys and others were used in developing and trying out the assessment.


PISA Science 2006

PISA Science 2006

Author: Rodger W. Bybee

Publisher: NSTA Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1933531312

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What must we teach students to enable them to fully participate in a world community where science and technology play an increasingly significant role? Comprehensive, thought-provoking, and indispensable, PISA Science 2006, provides educators with a top-down view of where we stand today in science education and what this means for students and educators.


Desirable Science Education

Desirable Science Education

Author: Theresa Schulte

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-03

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 3658182547

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As part of an international curricular Delphi study, Theresa Schulte realizes an empirically based approach to a contemporary understanding of scientific literacy from the perspective of different stakeholders in Germany. The analyses show in which areas changes are necessary so that science education can better fulfill its claim to contribute to students’ general education and literacy.


Raising Student Learning in Latin America

Raising Student Learning in Latin America

Author: Emiliana Vegas

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007-09-26

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0821370839

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Understanding what and how students learn has emerged as a salient issue in Latin America, a region where the majority of children now have access to schools but few students learn the skills they need to succeed. 'Raising Student Learning in Latin America' examines recent advances in our understanding of the policies and programs that affect student learning and provides policy makers with effective options. This volume relies on indicators from national and international assessments of subject matter knowledge plus intermediate learning indicators, such as dropout and completion rates. The first part focuses on the central role of student learning in education. The second part reviews the evidence on factors and policies that affect student learning. The final part addresses policy optons on education quality assurance.


Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea

Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea

Author: Hyunjoon Park

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1134072872

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International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but it has also attracted strong criticism and a range of misconceptions of the Japanese and Korean education system. Directly challenging these misconceptions, which are prevalent in both academic and public discourses, this book seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the Japanese and Korean education systems. This includes the idea that the highly standardized means of education makes outstanding students mediocre; that the emphasis on memorization leads to a lack of creativity and independent thinking; that students’ successes are a result of private supplementary education; and that the Japanese and Korean education systems are homogenous to the point of being one single system. Using empirical data Hyunjoon Park re-evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing education systems in Japan and Korea and reveals whether the issues detailed above are real or unfounded and misinformed. Offering a balanced view of the evolving and complex nature of academic achievement among Japanese and Korean students, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian, international and comparative education, as well as those interested in Asian society more broadly.


OECD Factbook 2006 Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics

OECD Factbook 2006 Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2006-03-28

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 9264084827

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The second edition of a comprehensive statistical annual covering all OECD countries and most topics addressed by the OECD. Includes more than 100 indicators with definitions, time-series tables, and graphics showing key messages.


International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy

International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy

Author: Richard Teese

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-18

Total Pages: 981

ISBN-13: 1402059159

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Inequality is a marked and persistent feature of education systems, both in the developed and the developing worlds. Major gaps in opportunity and in outcomes have become more critical than in the past, thanks to the knowledge economy and globalization. The pursuit of equity as a goal of public policy is examined in this book through a series of national case-studies. The book covers many different global contexts from the wealthiest to some of the poorest nations on earth. It therefore offers a broad range of different theoretical and methodological approaches, and brings together extensive international experience in equity policy.