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Guo, Shuchen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
By measuring students' attitudes towards science using Rasch modelling, the present study investigated the factors related to elementary students' attitudes toward science at both the individual- and school- levels using HLM in China, where students are often reported to have high achievement in science with below-average attitudes towards the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Scientific Attitudes, Influences, Foreign Countries
Majewska, Dominika – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report presents a literature review that was conducted to answer the question -- what can be learned from high performing jurisdictions with respect to scientific literacy? The review intends to build a picture of the education systems, specifically science education, in the five jurisdictions which performed the best in the scientific…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, High Achievement, Science Achievement, Teaching Methods
Yin, Danqing – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: This article intended to introduce the recent Chinese compulsory education quality assessment. Design/Approach/Methods: The article summarized education policy documents relevant to the recent Chinese compulsory education quality assessment, especially from the three reports: "The Chinese Compulsory Education Quality Monitoring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Compulsory Education, Educational Assessment
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Liu, Juan; Peng, Peng; Luo, Liang – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
Academic achievement is one of the most important indicators for assessing students' performance and educational attainment. Family socioeconomic status (SES) is the main factor influencing academic achievement, but the relation between SES and academic achievement may vary across different sociocultural contexts. China is the most populous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Correlation
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Cheng, May Hung May; Wan, Zhi Hong – Studies in Science Education, 2016
Chinese students' excellent science performance in large-scale international comparisons contradicts the stereotype of the Chinese non-productive classroom learning environment and learners. Most of the existing explanations of this paradox are provided from the perspective of teaching and learning in a general sense, but little work can be found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Statistical Analysis, Literature Reviews
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Shen, C.; Tam, H. P. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Using 3 waves of the TIMSS data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th-graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions on these 2 subjects. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and the following 3 measures of their self-perception: how much they…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement