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The Deepest Learners: What PISA Can Reveal about the Learning That Matters
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Rothman, Robert – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2013
Based on data released December 3, 2013, from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), this Alliance for Excellent Education report reveals that the United States struggles to produce top performers in reading, math, and science at the rates of its international peers. These students, who the report calls the "deepest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement
Highlights from PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context. NCES 2011-004
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Fleischman, Howard L.; Hopstock, Paul J.; Pelczar, Marisa P.; Shelley, Brooke E. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international assessment that measures the performance of 15-year-olds in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy. Coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization of 34 member countries, PISA was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Scientific Literacy
Performance Assessment: Is Creative Thinking Necessary?.
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Shahrin, Muhammad; Toh, Kok-Aun; Ho, Boon-Tiong; Wong, Jessie – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2002
A study examined the relationship between the creative thinking of 114 13 to 14-year-old females and scientific problem-solving ability. The students did well in the "preliminary trialing" stage and were more proficient in "interpreting" and "performing" process skills. The other three components, "communication,""planning," and "reflecting,"…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Females, Laboratory Procedures
In Physics Class, Exercises Can Also Cause Problems.
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Johsua, Samuel; Dupin, Jean-Jacques – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
French tenth grade physics classes were observed as they studied electric circuits over a one-year period. An analysis is presented of tests taken during the year. The main point separating "average" students from "good" ones is their performances in "implicitly difficult exercises," that is, in what appears…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electricity, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
The Superior Achievement of Girls in Chemistry and Physics in Upper Secondary Schools in Thailand.
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Klainin, Sunee; And Others – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1989
Examined are boys' and girls' achievement from a developmental perspective over the three years of science curricula. Results show the overachievement of girls relative to boys in both chemistry and physics in grades 10 through 12. Discusses implications of the results. (YP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Females, Foreign Countries
Science in Israeli Ninth Grade Classes: The Intended, Implemented and the Achieved Curricula.
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Menis, Joseph – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1991
Information on the content of the intended science curriculum, what science was actually taught by the teachers, and how that science was taught is presented. Student achievement and attitudes were assessed using tests and questionnaires. Data were obtained from teachers regarding whether the content had been taught to the students (n=657) who…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Course Content, Earth Science
Does Computer-Assisted Instruction + Problem Solving = Improved Science Outcomes? A Pioneer Study.
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Chang, Chun-Yen – Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Compared the effect of problem solving-based computer- assisted instruction (PSCAI) and lecture-Internet-discussion instruction (LIDI) on Taiwanese high school students' science achievement and attitudes. Pretest-posttest investigation indicated that PSCAI students scored higher, but not significantly higher, than LIDI students. There were…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries