scholarly journals THE DYNAMIC OF GROWTH OF ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS OF LATVIAN SCHOOL LEARNERS: ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Aļesja Šapkova
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
National Education ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
International Comparative Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

ABSTRACT Mathematics takes a specific place in the education of any country because the opportunities and success of youth in contemporary society are often dependent on their knowledge and skills exactly in the sphere of mathematics. Information about the status quo of mathematics education in the country is gained in international comparative research on education. The goal of the present research is to reflect the outcomes of the international project “Non-cognitive skills and Singapore learners - international comparison” organized by Singapore National Education Institute about the achievement of 2828 Latvian school learners of grade 9 in doing 12 mathematical sums. These outcomes were compared with Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 research outcomes that, in turn, made it possible to predict the outcomes of PISA 2012 research in mathematics education as well as evaluate the efficiency of the new standard of education in Latvia in the first six years. The article will also regard the causes of the low achievement of Latvian learners in doing sums in mathematics.

scholarly journals Evidence and Promises of AI Predictions to Understand Student Approaches to Math Learning in Abu Dhabi K12 Public Schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Miao ◽  
Pawan Kumar Mishra ◽  
Ali Nadaf
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Math Learning ◽  
National Education ◽  
International Student Assessment

Transforming the education system and building highly skilled human capital for a sustainable and competitive knowledge economy have been on the UAE’s top policy agendas for the last decade. However, in the UAE, students’ math performance on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has not been promising. To improve the quality of schooling, a series of malleable predictive factors including the contributions of self-system, metacognitive skills, and instructional language skills are selected and categorized under student approaches to math learning. These factors are hypothesized as both predictors and outcomes of K12 schooling. Through the analysis using machine learning technique, XGBoost, a latent relationship between student approaches to math learning and math diagnostic test performance is uncovered and discussed for students from Grade 5 to Grade 9 in Abu Dhabi public schools. This article details how the analysis results are applied for student behavior and performance prediction, precise diagnosis, and targeted intervention design possibilities. The main purpose of this study is to diagnose challenges that hinder student math learning in Abu Dhabi public schools, uncover R&D initiatives in AI-driven prediction and EdTech interventions to bridge learning gaps, and to counsel on national education policy refinement.

scholarly journals The OECD and IELS: Redefining early childhood education for the 21st century

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Euan Auld ◽  
Paul Morris
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Comparative Testing ◽  
Education Governance ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
International Student Assessment

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has unveiled plans to move into the field of early childhood education through the introduction of the International Early Learning Study (IELS), a new comparative test of five-year olds that is being piloted in three nations. This article explores the dynamics of this new project and serves three purposes. First, we situate IELS within the OECD’s broader agenda in education governance, and with regard to its existing comparative assessments, namely the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Second, we identify the main commentaries and critiques of the OECD’s activity and assessments, specifically relating to PISA. In the concluding section we anticipate a possible future when such tests are established in the early childhood education sector and reflect on its possible impact. We argue that the advent of comparative testing of five-year olds heralds an attempt to introduce a new paradigm for early childhood education, one which stresses cognitive skills and children’s role as future sources of human capital.

Never Waste a Crisis: Understanding the Welsh Policy Response to PISA in the Context of the Globally Structured Reform Agenda

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-191
Author(s):  
Lizzie Swaffield
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
National Education ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
National Education Systems ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
The Impact

This article considers the nature of the globally structured reform agenda including the role of international organisations and the development of new supra-national modes of governance. It discusses the impact of this agenda on education policy within national education systems with a particular focus on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) as an example of the globally structured reform agenda. It explores the role PISA has in global educational governance and in influencing the transfer of policy between education systems. Policy responses to PISA are critically discussed with a particular focus on the response in Wales. It is argued that new supra-national modes of governance shape education systems and the transfer of policy between them, but that they are also used as a tool to further domestic political agendas in order to bring about reforms.

scholarly journals 2018 Australian TALIS-PISA Link Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Hillman ◽  
Sue Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
School Life ◽  
School Factors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Pisa Data

Australia was one of nine countries and economies to participate in the 2018 TALIS-PISA link study, together with Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Malta, Turkey and Viet Nam. This study involved coordinating the samples of schools that participated in the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA, a study of the performance of 15-year-old students) and the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS, a study that surveys teachers and principals in lower secondary schools) in 2018. A sample of teachers from schools that were selected to participate in PISA were invited to respond to the TALIS survey. TALIS data provides information regarding the background, beliefs and practices of lower secondary teachers and principals, and PISA data delivers insights into the background characteristics and cognitive and non-cognitive skills of 15-year-old students. Linking these data offers an internationally comparable dataset combining information on key education stakeholders. This report presents results of analyses of the relationships between teacher and school factors and student outcomes, such as performance on the PISA assessment, expectations for further study and experiences of school life. Results for Australia are presented alongside those of the average (mean) across all countries and economies that participated in the TALIS-PISA link study for comparison, but the focus remains on what relationships were significant among Australian students.

The political decision on Portugal’s entry into PISA: A research note

2020 ◽  
pp. 147821032097153
Author(s):  
Teresa Teixeira Lopo
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
National Education ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Government

In this article we carry out a preliminary reconstitution of the genealogy of the political decision to integrate Portugal in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), promoted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, made in 1999 and implemented in 2000. For this we used a comprehensive analysis of newspaper articles, legal texts and documents on education policy as well as of interviews with relevant political actors. The first results of this analysis suggest that the decision, which was not unanimous among the government members with responsibilities in the education field, was taken by normative emulation, and aimed to consolidate a particular direction of the national education policy.

A Tough Nut to Crack

2016 ◽  
pp. 344-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Liu ◽  
Jiangang Hao ◽  
Alina A. von Davier ◽  
Patrick Kyllonen ◽  
Juan-Diego Zapata-Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Virtual Agents ◽  
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Collaborative Problem ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
Collaborative Skills

The purpose of our project is to explore the measurement of cognitive skills in the domain of science through collaborative problem solving tasks, measure the collaborative skills, and gauge the potential feasibility of using game-like environments with avatar representation for the purposes of assessing the relevant skills. We are comparing students' performance in two conditions. In one condition, students work individually with two virtual agents in a game-like task. In the second condition, dyads of students work collaboratively with two virtual agents in the similar game-like task through a chat box. Our research is motivated by the distributed nature of cognition, extant research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) which has shown great value of collaborative activities for learning, and the framework for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) framework. This chapter focuses on the development and implementation of a conceptual model to measure individuals' cognitive and social skills through collaborative activities.

scholarly journals A área de ciências nas avaliações internacionais de larga escala

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (68) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
Lenice Medeiros ◽  
Alexandre Jaloto ◽  
André Vitor Fernades dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Science Field ◽  
National Education ◽  
Large Scale Assessment ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Brazilian Students ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

<p>O artigo procura abordar os aspectos pedagógicos das avaliações internacionais que contam com a área de Ciências, focalizando especialmente a última edição do Programa Internacional de Avaliação de Estudantes (PISA) e o Terceiro Estudo Regional Comparativo e Explicativo (TERCE). São apresentados e discutidos os alicerces conceituais e procedimentais desses estudos e alguns resultados relativos ao desempenho dos estudantes brasileiros. Nesse sentido, problematizam-se os limites e as possibilidades de uso desses dados para a formulação de políticas educacionais que impactam o ensino de Ciências, tais como a Base Nacional Curricular Comum (BNCC) e as avaliações previstas no Plano Nacional da Educação (PNE).</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Avaliação em Larga Escala; Ensino de Ciências; Pisa; Terce.</p><p>  </p><p><strong>El área de ciencias en las evaluaciones internacionales de gran escala</strong></p><p>El artículo pretende abordar los aspectos pedagógicos de las evaluaciones internacionales que cuentan con el área de Ciencias, enfocando especialmente la última edición del Programa Internacional de Evaluación de Estudiantes (PISA) y el Tercer Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (TERCE). Se presentan y discuten las bases conceptuales y procedimentales de estos estudios y algunos resultados relativos al desempeño de los estudiantes brasileños. En este sentido se problematizan los límites y las posibilidades de uso de estos datos para la formulación de políticas educacionales que impactan la enseñanza de Ciencias, como la Base Nacional Curricular Común (BNCC) y las evaluaciones previstas en el Plan Nacional de la Educación (PNE).</p><p><strong>Palabras-clave:</strong> Evaluación en Gran Escala; Enseñanza de Ciencias; Pisa; Terce.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The science field in international large-scale assessments</strong></p><p>This article aims to address the pedagogical aspects of international assessments that include the Science field, focusing especially on the last edition of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE). The procedural and conceptual foundations of these studies and some results concerning the performance of Brazilian students are presented and discussed here. Therefore, the limits and the possibilities of using these data for the formulation of educational policies that impact the teaching of sciences, such as the Common National Curricular Base (BNCC) and the assessments provided for in the National Education Plan (PNE) are discussed.</p><p><strong>keywords:</strong> Large-Scale Assessment; Science Education; Pisa; Terce</p>

A game of thrones: Organising and legitimising knowledge through PISA research

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 869-884
Author(s):  
Christina E Mølstad ◽  
Daniel Pettersson ◽  
Eva Forsberg
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
National Education ◽  
Large Scale Assessment ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pisa Data ◽  
Research Accountability ◽  
Game Of Thrones

This study investigates knowledge structures and scientific communication using bibliometric methods to explore scientific knowledge production and dissemination. The aim is to develop knowledge about this growing field by investigating studies using international large-scale assessment (ILSA) data, with a specific focus on those using Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. As international organisations use ILSA to measure, assess and compare the success of national education systems, it is important to study this specific knowledge to understand how it is organised and legitimised within research. The findings show an interchange of legitimisation, where major actors from the USA and other English-speaking and westernised countries determine the academic discourse. Important epistemic cultures for PISA research are identified: the most important of which are situated within psychology and education. These two research environments are epicentres created by patterns of the referrals to and referencing of articles framing the formulation of PISA knowledge. Finally, it is argued that this particular PISA research is self-referential and self-authorising, which raises questions about whether research accountability leads to ‘a game of thrones’, where rivalry going on within the scientific field concerning how and on what grounds ‘facts’ and ‘truths’ are constructed, as a continuing process with no obvious winner.

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