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 …

This first volume of PISA 2012 results summarises the performance of students in PISA 2012. It describes how … performance is defined, measured and reported, and then provides results from the assessment, showing what students are able to do … relationship between the frequency and intensity of students’ exposure to subject content in school, what is known as “opportunity …

United Arab Emirates, students spend at least 54 hours per week learning at and outside of school combined, whereas in others …, like Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Uruguay, students spend less than 40 hours studying. Students in Australia … learning time and academic performance. In school systems where students spend more time in regular science lessons, average …

Most students enjoy orderly classrooms for their language-of-instruction lessons. Socio-economically disadvantaged … students are less likely to enjoy orderly classrooms than advantaged students. Orderly classrooms – regardless of the school …

The ratio of students per teaching staff is the total number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at a specific … professional personnel directly involved in teaching students: classroom teachers, special education teachers and other teachers … who work with students as a whole class in a classroom, in small groups in a resource room, or in one-to-one teaching …

Students includes enrolment and graduation rates, number of students and international student mobility at different …

shaping students’ use of digital tools and optimising the educational benefits of their digital experiences. They are also …

, which promote skills students need for success. And yet, less than 40% of teachers across Teaching and Learning …