NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Leslie Rutkowski; David Rutkowski – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) introduced creative thinking as an innovative domain in 2022. This paper examines the unique methodological issues in international assessments and the implications of measuring creative thinking within PISA's framework, including stratified sampling, rotated form designs, and a distinct…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Measurement, Sampling
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Muench, Richard; Wieczorek, Oliver; Gerl, Robin – Cogent Education, 2022
Creativity is the driving force of technological innovation and sustainable economic growth in the knowledge society. A central question, therefore, is how education helps to enhance creativity. As East Asian countries occupy the top of performance tests such as the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), it is most important…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Learning Strategies, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Duygu Ileritürk,; Kincal, Remzi Y. – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
It was thought in this study that it was important to analyze the countries' economic situation and patent production based on their information transfers via their success rankings in PISA, which determined their success internationally. Therefore, it was aimed to analyze the countries' success in participation into the PISA 2012. Case study…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Intellectual Property, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tienken, Christopher H. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2013
The release of the 2012 results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) on December 3, 2012, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ([OECD], 2013) brought about another round of public education fear mongering on the part of bureaucrats and policymakers. However, weaknesses with the PISA test design,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Scientific Research
Lund, Birthe – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2014
The state has been known as the major socio-political attribute of the Nordic model. Nordic pedagogic progressiveness has been internationally inspired which can be seen in the student centred learning tradition, the prevailing professional autonomy for educators and in democratic values as important parts of Nordic education. This paper analyses…
Descriptors: Innovation, Evidence Based Practice, Foreign Countries, Creativity
Zhao, Yong – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
Why didn't China celebrate its stunning PISA performance? Why does Singapore blame its education for its inability to cultivate creative and entrepreneurial talents? Why don't the world's top scorers in international tests have the same level of entrepreneurial activities and capabilities? This essay uncovers the inconsistency between academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Creativity, Failure