Structural Relationships among the Variables of Reading Literacy Performance in PISA 2009

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Inhoi Lee ◽  
Min Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Reading Literacy ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Literacy Performance

scholarly journals Malaysian high schoolers’ reading literacy performance: Trends and patterns across states

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Marcia Jane Ganasan ◽  
Nordin Abd. Razak ◽  
Marlina Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Reading Literacy ◽  
Functional Abilities ◽  
Literacy Proficiency ◽  
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Performance Trends ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Literacy Performance ◽  
Data Driven Decisions

Reading literacy is often understood as a basic skill, and it is gaining recognition as the most functional means to educational attainment and individual development. It not only sets a benchmark but also reveals students’ strengths and weaknesses through performance measurement. This paper attempts to investigate sixteen-year-olds’ reading literacy proficiency using a performance band system in reporting their ‘can’s and ‘cant’s in reading. It drew insights from the Text-Task Respondent Theory of Functional Literacy (White, 2011) and the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (Anderson Krathwohl, 2001), where pertinent concepts were drawn to address students’ functional abilities. The study involved a total of 813 sixteen-year-old students representing the northern, southern, central, and east coast regions of Peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Johor). A survey research method was employed to capture cognitive competencies that denoted students’ functional abilities when it came to reading literacy. The study measured the students’ reading literacy attainment based on a proficiency scale spanning on five-band levels. The findings of the present study revealed that the majority of the students attained Band 3, where they demonstrated a moderate understanding of texts and were able to integrate some part of texts to infer meaning. The study provides valuable insights to policymakers, educationists, employers in making data-driven decisions to improve educational outcomes. It also attempts to shed some light on the current pedagogical trends and provide suggestive practices in reading.

Exploration of direct and indirect associations of system-level policy-amenable variables with reading literacy performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap Scheerens ◽  
Hans Luyten ◽  
Stéphanie M. van den Berg ◽  
Cees A. W. Glas
Keyword(s):  
System Level ◽  
Reading Literacy ◽  
Literacy Performance

scholarly journals Influence of Factors Promoting Financial Literacy on the Achievements of Financial Literacy of Students in Latvia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Mihno ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Reading Literacy ◽  
Mathematical Literacy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Literacy Performance

The literature suggests that financial literacy depends on factors such as socioeconomic status/sociodemographic status, psychosocial and psychological factors, experience, and access to financial education, language skills, mathematical literacy and other factors. The aim of this study was to identify the factors that influence the financial literacy achievements of students from Latvia, focusing on the possibility to improve these achievements. The data analysis was performed with PISA 2018 Latvian data, which there were selected 25% of the participating students whose financial literacy performance was lower than the mean performance in mathematical and reading literacy and 25% of students whose financial literacy performance was considerably higher than the mean performance in mathematical literacy and reading literacy. Differences between these two groups showed factors that impact financial literacy achievements, excluding the possibility that the financial literacy performance of these students was high due to the mathematical and reading literacy. It was concluded that the financial achievements of students in Latvia are positively influenced by such factors as the socioeconomic status/sociodemographic status, psychosocial factors, and psychological factors (students with higher financial literacy achievements have a more negative attitude towards school but a more positive attitude towards life, less fear of failure and more a positive attitude towards competition, and clear plans for the future), accessibility of the financial education, time devoted to financial education, an accessible wide range of financial topics in education, experience in the financial environment, parents’ involvement, feedback from teachers in reading lessons. Keywords: Achievements of financial literacy, Financial Literacy, Mathematic literacy, OECD PISA 2018, Reading literacy.

Neurofilaments and Paired Helical Filaments

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 740-743
Author(s):  
J. Metuzals
Keyword(s):  
Animal Model ◽  
Posttranslational Modifications ◽  
Posttranslational Modification ◽  
Giant Axon ◽  
Paired Helical Filaments ◽  
Squid Giant Axon ◽  
In Vitro Experiments ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Structural Relationships

It has been demonstrated that the neurofibrillary tangles in biopsies of Alzheimer patients, composed of typical paired helical filaments (PHF), consist also of typical neurofilaments (NF) and 15nm wide filaments. Close structural relationships, and even continuity between NF and PHF, have been observed. In this paper, such relationships are investigated from the standpoint that the PHF are formed through posttranslational modifications of NF. To investigate the validity of the posttranslational modification hypothesis of PHF formation, we have identified in thin sections from frontal lobe biopsies of Alzheimer patients all existing conformations of NF and PHF and ordered these conformations in a hypothetical sequence. However, only experiments with animal model preparations will prove or disprove the validity of the interpretations of static structural observations made on patients. For this purpose, the results of in vitro experiments with the squid giant axon preparations are compared with those obtained from human patients. This approach is essential in discovering etiological factors of Alzheimer's disease and its early diagnosis.

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