Strategies to raise interest for science in tomorrow´s students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Aguirre Murúa
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
International Student ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Experimental Science ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Academic Results

<p>The interest of secondary level students for science and technology has been decreasing in the recent years. According to PISA 2018 (Programme for International Student Assessment) Spain is scored in the level 2 (483 points) in science, slightly below of other countries of the EU like France (493), Ireland (496), Germany (503) or United Kingdom (505) and far from the top of the list: China (590), Singapore (551) or Estonia (530).<br>There is a wide gap between top-performing and low-achieving students in our secondary school. Many reasons could be responsible of this fact, such as socio-economic status, gender or immigrant background. Science teachers cannot ignore this tendency; we need to act in order to awake the interest for science and technology of our students. <br>The aim of this paper is to present ideas and strategies followed in the last years by science teachers of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer secondary school to increase the motivation of students for experimental science and the improvement of their academic results. The strategies are divided in three groups according to their temporal length: long, medium and short.<br>Long term strategies include working with small groups of students with similar capacities and cooperative learning. Medium term strategies entail the annual participation in the Fair of Science and in a multimedia Science competition based on the Trivial Pursuit. Short term activities involve Lab practices, Computer games and guided tours to permanent and temporary exhibitions.  <br>Although we do not have statistical analyses of the academic results over a long period of time following the teaching practices described above, we can appreciate a qualitative improvement if we replace some theorical framework of science for experiences that consider student´s interest and capabilities, helping them with individualized learning and assessment in ways that foster their engagement and talents. In this path, we have used teaching-learning´s index to quantify the academic evolution of students over the last 3 years in Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer secondary school and the results show really good evolution in “percentage of students with all the subjects passed” and the “successful completion of the grade level previous to the last, in the high school”.</p>

Personality, Motivation, and Math Achievement Among Turkish Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 514-530
Author(s):  
Elif Akben-Selcuk
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Resources ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Mathematics Proficiency ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Plausible Values

Using the Turkish portion of the Programme for International Student Assessment dataset ( N = 4,848; 51% boys, 49% girls; age, M = 15.81 years, SD = 0.28), this study investigated factors associated with mathematics achievement among Turkish students. Three different models were estimated using the method of balanced repeated replication with Fay’s method and taking into account the presence of five plausible values of the dependent variable. Results showed that male students and older students had better mathematics proficiency. Socio-economic status and school resources also played a significant role in explaining student achievement in mathematics. Finally, students who were more open to problem solving, who attributed their failure to external factors, and who were intrinsically motivated to learn mathematics achieved higher scores. Policy implications are provided.

scholarly journals Social inequality in shadow education: The role of high-stakes testing

2021 ◽  
pp. 002071522098450
Author(s):  
Dieuwke Zwier ◽  
Sara Geven ◽  
Herman G. van de Werfhorst
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
High Stakes Testing ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Shadow Education ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Education Participation

Against the background of the worldwide expansion of shadow education, research shows that students from high socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds participate more in shadow education than students from disadvantaged SES backgrounds. We relate these social inequalities in shadow education participation to institutional features of educational systems. More specifically, we argue that the effect of socio-economic background on participation in shadow education will be stronger in countries characterized by high-stakes testing. Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment for the year 2012 (PISA 2012), we show that higher SES students participate more in shadow education. For three out of four indicators of shadow education, this relationship is stronger in countries that are characterized by high-stakes testing but only when accounting for unobserved country differences.

scholarly journals PROFILE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH HIGH MATHEMATICS ABILITY IN SOLVING SHAPE AND SPACE PROBLEM

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulia Putra ◽  
Rita Novita
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
International Student ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
School Students ◽  
Space Problem ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Mathematics Ability ◽  
Class Viii

This study aimed to describe the profile of secondary school students with high mathematics ability in solving shape and space problem in PISA (Program for International Student Assessment). It is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach, in which the subjects in this study were students of class VIII SMP N 1 Banda Aceh. The results show that in solving the problem PISA on  shape and space, high mathematics ability students were able to identify the problem by making the information known from PISA issues related to the shape and space content.Keyword: Profile, Problem Solving, Task of PISA DOI: dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.61.20

scholarly journals Financial literacy and its status in the mathematics curriculums of TurkeyFinansal okuryazarlık ve Türkiye matematik öğretim programlarındaki konumu

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Özkale ◽  
Emel Özdemir Erdoğan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Main Development

The aim of the study is to analyse the position of financial literacy that increases its popularity in the worldwide in the mathematics curriculums of Turkey. Thus, the mathematics curriculums of elementary and secondary school emerged after 2005 are analysed. In this process, there are three main development points: 2005, 2013, 2017. The curriculums are analysed by domains declared in literacy analysing of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), by the initiatives of various countries which carried out related works, and by the framework of financial literacy. These situations are important for people and their families. Recently, The theme of financial literacy has been noticed in the education area. Financial literacy education initiatives and awareness working are carried out in developed and developing countries by leading The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The theme of financial literacy has been a fundamental factor in curriculums some countries such as Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom, and The United States. In Turkey, the head “Conscious Consumption Aritmetry” is added to mathematics curriculums in 2009, and the theme of financial literacy is declared in the curriculums in 2017. The mathematics curriculums of elementary and secondary school published in 2005 include financial knowledge & skills, and relationships between mathematical and financial concepts implicitly. But its position has reduced in the new curriculums in years. In elementary level, the head “our money” is included all of them although the head “Conscious Consumption Aritmetry” has been handled at various levels. In Turkey, the theme of financial literacy should be integrated into related curriculums like mathematics. So, firstly an educational policy should be occurred intended for financial literacy and the curriculums should be revised according to financial literacy.Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetEkonomik İşbirliği ve Kalkınma Örgütü (OECD) öncülünde gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde okul çağındaki öğrenciler ve yetişkinler için finansal okuryazarlık eğitimleri ve bilinçlendirme çalışmaları yürütülmektedir. Kanada, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, Birleşik Krallık, Avustralya gibi birçok ülkede finansal okuryazarlık, öğretim programlarında temel faktörlerden biri olarak yerini almıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı dünyada önemi giderek artan finansal okuryazarlığın Türkiye’de uygulanan matematik öğretim programlarındaki durumunu incelemektir. Nitel araştırma desenine sahip bu çalışmada 2005 yılından sonra geliştirilen 2005 ilköğretim ve ortaöğretim, 2013 ilkokul, ortaokul ve ortaöğretim, 2017 ilkokul-ortaokul ve ortaöğretim matematik öğretim programları doküman incelemesi yöntemi ile ele alınmaktadır. Dikey karşılaştırma yaklaşımının benimsendiği çalışmada dokümanlar finansal okuryazarlık literatürü ve uluslararası öğrenci değerlendirme sınavı (PISA)’nın finansal okuryazarlık yaklaşımı çerçevesinde değerlendirilmektedir. Öğretim hedefleri, kazanımlar ve öğrenme süreçlerinin analizinde içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular ışığında, Türkiye’de 2009 yılında matematik öğretim programına “Bilinçli Tüketim Aritmetiği” başlığıyla finansal okuryazarlığa adım atıldığı, 2017 yılındaki değişiklikle “finansal okuryazarlık” kavramının kazanımlarda yer bulduğu görülmektedir. 2005 ilköğretim ve ortaöğretim matematik öğretim programlarında örtük şekilde finansal bilgi ve becerilere farklı öğrenme alanlarında yer verildiği, matematiksel ve finansal kavramlar arasında ilişkilendirmeler yapıldığı ancak bu durumun revize edilen yeni programlarda giderek zayıfladığı saptanmıştır. Programların oluşumundaki önemi ve yoğunluğu dikkate alındığında finansal okuryazarlığa yönelik bir eğitim politikası oluşturulması ve buna uygun olarak öğretim programlarının revize edilmesi gerektiği görülmektedir.

scholarly journals Education, Science and Technology in Mexico: Challenges for Innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino ◽  
Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez ◽  
Maria Esther Méndez-Cadena ◽  
Aleida Selene Hernández-Cázares
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
International Student ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Current Status ◽  
National Education ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Education Science

The innovation process is founded on a high-quality education system at all levels, which trains scientists and technologists capable of generating innovations. Education is the most decisive factor in human development, yet in Mexico current statistics reveal a critical situation at every educational level, as only 1 out of every 10 children entering elementary school obtains a university degree, and less than 0.01% of the population holds a doctoral degree. In addition, international tests such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reflect the low educational performance of Mexican students in several subject areas. The deficiencies found in the national education system negatively impact innovation indicators. Although there have been major initiatives to reverse underperformance in education, science, technology and innovation (STI), the country has actually seen its global competitiveness ranking fall from 55th in 2013 to 57th in 2015, and structural reforms in education, science and technology proposed since 2012 have still not been successfully implemented. This paper analyses the current status of the education and STI systems in Mexico and sets out some strategies to improve public policies to profit from the great competitive advantages that Mexico has as an emerging economy, with about 52 million economically active people and great untapped potential if innovations policies are implemented successfully.

The Reliability of Trends over Time in International Education Test Scores: Is the Performance of England's Secondary School Pupils Really in Relative Decline?

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN JERRIM
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
International Education ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

AbstractThe Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are respected cross-national studies of pupil achievement. They have been specifically designed to study how countries’ educational systems are performing against one another, and how this is changing over time. These are, however, politically sensitive issues, where different surveys can produce markedly different results. This is shown via a case study for England, where apparent decline in PISA test performance has caused policymakers much concern. Results suggest that England's drop in the PISA ranking is not replicated in TIMSS, and that this contrast may be due to data limitations in both surveys. Consequently, I argue that the current coalition government should not base educational policies on the assumption that the performance of England's secondary school pupils has declined over the past decade.

scholarly journals Factors Related with Underperformance in Reading Proficiency, the Case of the Programme for International Student Assessment 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 813-828
Author(s):  
Vianey Vazquez-Lopez ◽  
Eric Leonardo Huerta-Manzanilla
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
International Student ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
School Students ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Reading Abilities ◽  
Development Goals

Almost 217 million secondary school students (60% of the world’s adolescents) do not reach minimum levels in reading proficiency at the end of secondary school, according to objective 4.1 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore, the early and efficient identification of this disadvantage and implementation of remedial strategies is critical for economies. In 2018, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) assessed the reading skills of 15-year-old students in 80 countries and economies. This work introduces a methodology that uses PISA’s data to build logistic regression models to identify the main factors contributing to students’ underperforming reading skills. Results showed that socioeconomic status (SES), metacognition strategies, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills, and student–teacher relationships are the most important contributors to low reading abilities.

French Lower Secondary School—Collège

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-22
Author(s):  
Miroslava Váňová
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Grade Retention ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Type ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
And Performance

The paper deals with the comprehensive lower secondary school—Collège de France. It describes its origins, objectives, current configuration, development and present problems. In this context the author highlights the importance of this school level in terms of school system characteristics as well as in terms of different ways of addressing currently important problems such as grade retention, social and performance homogeneity or heterogeneity of class groups as well as social and performance diversity of educational institutions of this level. With regard to the fact that French system of education is not commonly known to the wider teaching public, the author initially presents the current state of this type of school as a result of a series of reforms and innovations which this school went through since its origin in the 70s of the 20th century, and which were primarily aimed at deepening its internal differentiation, while retaining its original goals of a school for all eleven to fifteen-year-old pupils. On this basis, the author shows the persisting problems coming from the great social and intellectual heterogeneity of pupils of this school type. These problems are documented in the form of opinions of various participants in the educational process, especially teachers and educators—researchers as well as in the form of results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In conclusion, the study presents the expected development in solving all the mentioned problems.

scholarly journals Educational Data Mining: The Analysis of the Factors Affecting Science Instruction by Clustering Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-500
Author(s):  
Mehmet Taha ◽  
Derya Cobanoglu
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Clustering Analysis ◽  
International Student ◽  
Science Literacy ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Science Instruction ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
International Student Assessment ◽  
Level Of Importance

<p style="text-align: justify;">Science literacy, which is included in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) as an assessment area, is an important research and discussion area of science education literature with all its dimensions. In this study, the clustering results of the students from 34 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries participating in the PISA 2015 test and sampled by systematic sampling method are obtained by K-Means Clustering and Two-Step Cluster Analysis using the factor scores and PISA science literacy average scores. It is thought that the study is of great importance in terms of dividing individuals into clusters according to science instruction methods and the mean of plausible values and having an idea about how each cluster is defined. As a result of the K-means cluster analysis, it was determined that the input variable with the highest level of importance in the formation of the first and third clusters in which the students with the highest scores were included was teacher-directed science instruction, and after this variable, the input variable with the highest level of importance was the perceived feedback from science teachers. Within the scope of the Two-Step Clustering Analysis, it was determined that teacher-directed science instruction has the most importance in terms of the decomposition of clusters, followed by adaptive instruction in science lessons in terms of importance level.</p>

Are pupils’ ‘Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)’ scores associated with a nation’s fish consumption?

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 675-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Schmiedel ◽  
Hans Vogt ◽  
Harald Walach
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
International Student ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
International Student Assessment

Aims: Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for neurodevelopment. Fish is a major source of these essential nutrients. We asked whether a nation’s fish consumption is associated with its pupils’ PISA scores as measures of school achievement, independent of economic status and breastfeeding. Method (Design and Setting): This was a regression analytic study based on published data. Results: Data on fish consumption and PISA scores were available for 64 countries. A significant regression model explained 72% of the variance in PISA scores. Breastfeeding does not enter the model. After controlling for technical and/or economic development, a nation’s fish consumption remains a significant predictor, explaining an additional 4% of the variance. Discussion: This effect is likely due to the fact that fish, as the major source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for a population, is important for the omega-3 supply to mothers and the early neurodevelopment of their children. Conclusions: Fish consumption, as a proxy for a population’s omega-3 supply, is an independent predictor of pupils’ school achievement, in addition to a nation’s economic development.

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