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OECD Publishing, 2019
This report presents the conceptual foundations of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), now in its seventh cycle of comprehensive and rigorous international surveys of student knowledge, skills and well-being. Like previous cycles, the 2018 assessment covered reading, mathematics and science, with the major focus this…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing, 2017
What is important for citizens to know and be able to do? The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) seeks to answer that question through the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student knowledge and skills. The PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework presents the conceptual foundations of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2013
Are students well prepared to meet the challenges of the future? Can they analyse, reason and communicate their ideas effectively? Have they found the kinds of interests they can pursue throughout their lives as productive members of the economy and society? The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) seeks to answer these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Numeracy, Foreign Countries
Cooke, Audrey – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
It is essential that pre-service teacher educators address pre-service teacher numeracy but with careful consideration as it incorporates more than mathematics skills. Numeracy also involves disposition towards mathematics--attitudes, confidence and mathematics anxiety; that is, the level of willingness to use mathematics skills. As part of an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Numeracy, Knowledge Level
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Corbishley, Jeffrey B.; Truxaw, Mary P. – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has set ambitious goals for the teaching and learning of mathematics that include preparing students for both the workplace and higher education. While this suggests that it is important for students to develop strong mathematical competencies by the end of high school, there is evidence to indicate…
Descriptors: Generalization, Mathematical Logic, Numeracy, Measurement Techniques
Jackson, Denise; Chapman, Elaine – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the competencies required by industry in business graduates and the relative importance and current graduate proficiency levels in each skill area. A secondary purpose was to examine and compare the perceived role of contemporary business schools across different samples. The study was conducted during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Role of Education, Job Skills