How does PISA assess science literacy?
The most recent round of the assessment, PISA 2015, focused on 15-year-olds' science literacy, defined as "the ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen". To succeed on the PISA science test, students had to display their mas...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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OECD Publishing
2016
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| Series: | PISA in Focus
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The most recent round of the assessment, PISA 2015, focused on 15-year-olds' science literacy, defined as "the ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen". To succeed on the PISA science test, students had to display their mastery of three skills: explaining phenomena scientifically (based on knowledge of scientific facts and ideas), evaluating and designing scientific enquiry, and interpreting data and evidence scientifically |
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| Physical Description: | 4 p. 21 x 29.7cm |