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Gunaydin, Yusuf; Basaran, Mustafa – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
The purpose of this study is to identify to what extent that the reading comprehension, question types, attitude toward science, test method, and subject matter knowledge predict the PISA scientific literacy scores of the students. The study uses the method of correlational research, which is a type of quantitative research method. We reached out…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Scientific Attitudes, Test Format
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Ahlam Lee – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2023
As scientific literacy plays a contributing role in identifying, analysing, and solving environmental matters that our world is facing, there is growing consensus to mandate environmental matters in science classrooms following five decades of efforts in promoting environmental education. However, much remains unknown about the relationship…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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You, Hye Sun; Park, Sunyoung; Delgado, Cesar – Science Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of US schools associated with two measures of scientific literacy (content knowledge and "procedural and epistemic" knowledge) using the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. Because outcomes are nested within students, and students within schools, a…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Grades (Scholastic)
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Cipková, Elena; Karolcík, Štefan; Scholzová, Lucia – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: In Slovakia, no relevant information is available about the scientific literacy levels achieved by secondary school students. Purpose: The objective of the research was to identify the levels of scientific literacy among students in the last year of grammar school and examine to what extent this determined the subject chosen for a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Natural Sciences, Scientific Literacy
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a study of 15-year-old students' performance in reading, mathematics, and science literacy conducted every 3 years. The PISA 2018 results provide a global view of U.S. students' performance compared to their peers in nearly 80 countries and education systems. By design, PISA aims to…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education, Achievement Tests
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Cansiz, Nurcan; Cansiz, Mustafa – Turkish Journal of Education, 2019
Any society needs more scientifically literate citizens even if they do not follow a career in science. In the 2015 PISA assessment, Turkey ranked 34th among 35 OECD countries based on science literacy scores. The relatively unsuccessful results of Turkey from international level examinations like PISA has necessitated the questioning of various…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills
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Sinaga, Parlindungan; Kaniawati, Ida; Setiawan, Andhy – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2017
This study assessed ways by which science textbooks can be designed and developed to increase scientific literacy in secondary school students. Here in the research and development method was used. The draft of the new science textbooks was incorporated into school instruction using a non-equivalent control group design with pretest and posttest…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Textbooks, Scientific Literacy, Knowledge Level
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Podgornik, Bojana Boh; Dolnicar, Danica; Glažar, Saša Aleksej – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Information literate students with a good understanding of science are regarded as an important pool of future successful professionals. The study explored correlations between the information literacy (IL) and scientific literacy (SL) of university students and analysed their achievements according to Bloom's cognitive categories of remembering,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Information Literacy, Scientific Literacy
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Turk, Osman; Ünsal, Yasin; Karadag, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this research is to examine assessment and evaluation activities of secondary school 9th and 10th grade physics textbooks in Turkey according to the revised Bloom Taxonomy and PISA science literacy competence levels. In this study document review, a qualitative research method was used. Within the scope of the study, assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Grade 9, Grade 10
OECD Publishing, 2019
This report presents the conceptual foundations of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), now in its seventh cycle of comprehensive and rigorous international surveys of student knowledge, skills and well-being. Like previous cycles, the 2018 assessment covered reading, mathematics and science, with the major focus this…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Serder, Margareta; Jakobsson, Anders – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2015
Large-scale assessment, such as the Programme for International Assessment (PISA), plays an increasingly important role in current educational practice and politics. However, many scholars have questioned the validity and reliability of the tests and the extent to which they actually constitute trustworthy representations of students' knowledge.…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Knowledge Level, Scientific Literacy, Assignments
OECD Publishing, 2017
What is important for citizens to know and be able to do? The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) seeks to answer that question through the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student knowledge and skills. The PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework presents the conceptual foundations of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
OECD Publishing, 2017
What is important for citizens to know and be able to do? The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) seeks to answer that question through the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student knowledge and skills. The PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework presents the conceptual foundations of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Bellová, Renata; Melichercíková, Danica; Tomcík, Peter – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2018
Background: The results of international studies have concluded the low level of science literacy in natural science subjects of Slovak students. These studies also showed that this state can be positively influenced by various innovations, which are implemented into the teaching process of above-mentioned subjects. Purpose: The aim of this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Natural Sciences, Secondary School Students
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Sothayapetch, Pavinee; Lavonen, Jari; Juuti, Kalle – Science Education International, 2013
A curriculum is a master plan that regulates teaching and learning. This paper compares Finnish and Thai primary school level science curricula to the PISA 2006 Scientific Literacy Framework. Curriculum comparison was made following the procedure of deductive content analysis. In the analysis, there were four main categories adopted from PISA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Science Curriculum, Scientific Concepts
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