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Koyuncu, Ilhan; Firat, Tahsin – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
This study aims to investigate the predictors of reading performance and how reading performance predicts mathematics and science performances in PISA 2018 study. For this purpose, the country in the focus (Turkey), the highest performer (China [B-S-J-Z]) in the world, and the lowest performer (Mexico) among the OECD members countries were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Xue Wang – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Inequality in the shadow? Cross-national comparisons of the effects of additional instruction on math and science performance based on PISA 2018 data Background Many educational systems worldwide are experiencing a growing demand for shadow education, which often takes the form of outside-school educational activities such as private tutoring…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Comparative Analysis, Supplementary Education, International Assessment
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Wang, Hsin-Hui; Hong, Zuway-R; She, Hsiao-Ching; Smith, Thomas J.; Fielding, Jill; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: The recommendation from national documents and reports to promote inquiry-related science activities has not been supported by recent studies, which have found the overall frequency of inquiry activities to be negatively associated with student learning outcomes. This study was inspired by such conflicting reports and aimed to clarify…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Epistemology, Beliefs, Literacy
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Ekawati, Rooselyna; Lin, Fou-Lai – Indonesian Mathematical Society Journal on Mathematics Education, 2014
In this study, we aimed at demonstrating the power of Variation Theory in exploring the local situation of Indonesian teachers and Teacher Professional Development program. The projection of Variation theory regarding the enterprise of teaching results on the need of sensitivity of students and exemplary teaching strategy that differ with teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Kadir; Lucyana; Satriawati, Gusni – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2017
This study aims to reveal the improvement of the students' learning activities, responses, and mathematical creative thinking skills (MCTS) through open-inquiry approach (OIA). Other relevant studies in mathematics learning tend to focus on guided inquiry, and especially in Indonesia, OIA is still less applied. This study is conducted at State…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries
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Ryogi, Matsuoka – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2013
Kariya (2009) proposes a concept of learning competencies to understand how social reproduction occurs in the current context of Japanese society; he argues that students learning competencies are not equally distributed but shaped by their family background, a foundation of unequal socioeconomic inequality. While he contends that learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Secondary School Students, Human Capital
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Somakim; Suharman, Andi; Madang, Kodri; Taufiq – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This research aims to develop valid and practical teaching materials for mathematics and science lesson PISA-based for junior high school students and to determine potential effects on students in scientific activity. Subjects of this study were students of Junior High School 9 Palembang (SMP Negeri 9 Palembang). The method used in this study is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Instructional Materials, Material Development
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Biagi, Federico; Loi, Massimo – European Journal of Education, 2013
Based on PISA 2009 data, this article studies the relationship between students' computer use and their achievement in reading, mathematics and science in 23 countries. After having categorised computer use into a set of different activities according to the skills they involve, we correlate students' PISA test-scores with an index capturing the…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Achievement Rating, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement