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Ingeborg Katrin Lid Berget – Research in Mathematics Education, 2024
Mathematical modelling is emphasised in curricula worldwide. Since 2006, mathematical modelling has been considered a fundamental process in the mathematics subject in Norwegian upper secondary schools. This study aimed to identify tensions in the approaches to mathematical modelling expressed in teacher interviews (N = 4) and framework discourses…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
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Jean-Baptiste M. B. Sanfo; Keiichi Ogawa – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
The language used as a medium of instruction (MOI) has implications for learning outcomes. In most African classrooms, an international language is solely or dominantly used as an MOI. There is a debate about how this practice is associated with students' learning outcomes. This study uses Zambian PISA for Development 2018 data and school fixed…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage
Marconi, Gabriele; Cascales, Carla Campos; Covacevich, Catalina; Halgreen, Tue – OECD Publishing, 2020
For the first time, PISA 2025 will assess foreign language skills on a global scale. This paper provides a framework for collecting policy and contextual information on foreign language learning from students, parents, teachers, school principals and government officials. The framework will be used to guide the PISA 2025 Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Little, David, Ed.; Leung, Constant, Ed.; Van Avermaet, Piet – Multilingual Matters, 2013
Diversity--social, cultural, linguistic and ethnic--poses a challenge to all educational systems. Some authorities, schools and teachers look upon it as a problem, an obstacle to the achievement of national educational goals, while for others it offers new opportunities. Successive PISA reports have laid bare the relative lack of success in…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Barriers