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Understanding Algorithms in Different Presentations
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Csernoch, Mária; Biró, Piroska; Abari, Kálmán; Máth, János – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2015
Within the framework of the Testing Algorithmic and Application Skills project we tested first year students of Informatics at the beginning of their tertiary education. We were focusing on the students' level of understanding in different programming environments. In the present paper we provide the results from the University of Debrecen, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science Education, College Freshmen, Mathematics
The Role of Arts-Related Information and Communication Technology Use in Problem Solving and Achievement: Findings from the Programme for International Student Assessment
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Liem, Gregory Arief D.; Martin, Andrew J.; Anderson, Michael; Gibson, Robyn; Sudmalis, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Drawing on the Programme for International Student Assessment 2003 data set comprising over 190,000 15-year-old students in 25 countries, the current study sought to examine the role of arts-related information and communication technology (ICT) use in students' problem-solving skill and science and mathematics achievement. Structural equation…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Computer Use
Literacy, Numeracy and Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments: Framework for the OECD Survey of Adult Skills
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OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
A basic level of literacy and numeracy is essential for full participation in modern societies. While very few people in most of the advanced countries could be regarded as illiterate or innumerate, recent studies have shown that there are, in fact, significant numbers of people with poor skills, and that low levels of skills are associated with…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving, Information Technology
Report on the Intermediate Evaluation Project.
Holmes, Mark – 1977
Statistical data and comments describe the results of the 1977 eighth grade testing program in Ontario, Canada. The tests were: Mathematics (in French and English), Problem Solving (in French and English); Science (in English only), Attitudes, French Comprehension, and Written English. Table 1 presents the numbers of students, by school district,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, English, Foreign Countries
Report on the Intermediate Evaluation Project--Phase II.
1978
A series of tests was administered to Ontario, Canada students who had completed the eighth grade: mathematics, reading, language, written English, social studies, science, health, physical fitness, French as a second language, French as a first language, written French, values, moral reasoning, problem solving, and attitudes. Approximately 50…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Report on the Development and Administration of the High School Social Studies Achievement Tests. Fall, 1978.
Lopatka, R. – 1978
The Alberta High School Social Studies Achievement Tests are described in terms of the procedures used for test construction and analysis of the norming data. The test construction is explained according to a model for the values clarification process in the social studies, and the evaluation models appropriate for assessing the values…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking