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Liou, Pey-Yan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of inquiry-based and teacher-directed instructional practices on students' attitudes toward science and science achievement in a nationally representative sample of 7,708 15-year-old-students from Taiwan who took part in the sixth cycle of the Program for International Student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Science Achievement, Science Instruction
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She, Hsiao-Ching; Lin, Huann-shyang; Huang, Li-Yu – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Abstract The 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has drawn a substantial amount of attention from science educators and educational policymakers because it marked the first time that PISA assessed students' ability to evaluate and design scientific inquiry using computer-based simulations. We undertook a secondary analysis…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Resilience (Psychology)
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Sadler, Troy D.; Zeidler, Dana L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
In this article, we explore the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with a lens informed by the socioscientific issues (SSI) movement. We consider the PISA definition of scientific literacy and how it is situated with respect to broader discussions of the aims of science education. We also present an overview of the SSI framework…
Descriptors: Test Items, Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Science Process Skills
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Lavonen, Jari; Laaksonen, Seppo – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
Finnish students' opinions about the frequency of learning activities and communication in the Finnish science classroom, their interest in science and science studies and careers, their sense of self-efficacy, and their beliefs about their own competence as well as their performance in science are analyzed based on PISA 2006 Scientific Literacy…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Self Efficacy, Science Interests, Program Effectiveness