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The High Cost of Low Educational Performance : The Long-run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes

2010

This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation. The report also...

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PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do : Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science (Volume I)

2010

This first volume of PISA 2009 survey results provides comparable data on 15-year-olds' performance on reading, mathematics and science across 65 countries. The volume opens with an introduction explaining what PISA is and how PISA 2009 is different from previous PISA surveys. The introduction...

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Learners for Life: Student Approaches to Learning : Results from PISA 2000

2003

What are students like as learners as they near the end of compulsory education? The answer matters greatly, not only … learners. This report analyses the results, focusing on students’ motivation, self-beliefs and use of various learning …

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PISA Computer-Based Assessment of Student Skills in Science

2010

will also learn how students reacted to the electronic questionnaire and how it compared with pencil-and-paper tests. In … general, there were no group differences across test methods buts students enjoyed the computer-based test more than the paper …

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PISA 2009 Results: Learning Trends : Changes in Student Performance Since 2000 (Volume V)

2010

This volume of PISA 2009 results looks at the progress countries have made in raising student performance and improving equity in the distribution of learning opportunities. Following an Introduction to PISA and a Reader's Guide helping users interpret the data, Chapter 1 summarises overall...

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Student Engagement at School : A Sense of Belonging and Participation: Results from PISA 2000

2003

effective in fostering students’ sense of belonging and participation in school? These questions are of great concern to … information on students’ literacy skills, but also on their attitudes and values, their social backgrounds, and on important …

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Equally prepared for life? : How 15-year-old boys and girls perform in school

2009

This report explores the educational performance and attitudes of males and females during childhood and adolescence. It opens with a general summary of gender differences measured outside of the PISA assessment programme and then considers the knowledge gained about gender-related issues from...

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PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual : SPSS

2005

educational performance for 41 countries collected in 2003, together with students’ responses to the PISA 2003 questionnaires and …

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PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual : SAS

2005

educational performance for 41 countries collected in 2003, together with students’ responses to the PISA 2003 questionnaires and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443144

PISA 2009 Results: Overcoming Social Background : Equity in Learning Opportunities and Outcomes (Volume II)

2010

to which students and schools with different socio-economic backgrounds have access to similar educational resources, and … and different aspects of socio-economic background. Chapter 4 compares the performance of students with an immigrant … background with the performance of other students. Chapter 5 analyses the impact of socio-economic background of schools on …

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