PISA Learning Mathematics for Life : A Perspective from PISA.

✍ Scribed by OECD

• Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

People from many countries have expressed interest in the tests students take for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Learning Mathematics for Life examines the link between the PISA test requirements and student performance. It focuses specifically on the proportions of students who answer questions correctly across a range of difficulty. The questions are classified by content, competencies, context and format, and the connections between these and student performance are then analysed. This analysis has been carried out in an effort to link PISA results to curricular.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Table of Contents
Introduction
Reader's Guide
Main Features of the PISA Mathematics: Theoretical Framework
A Question of Difficulty: Questions from PISA 2003
Comparison o fCountry Level Results
The Roles of Language and Item Formats
Mathematical Problem Solving and Differences in Students' Understanding
REFERENCES
Annex A1 --
PISA 2003 MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENTS: CHARACTERISTICS OF QUESTIONS USED
Annex A2 --
OTHER EXAMPLES OF PISA MATHEMATICS QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT USED IN THE PISA 2003 MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT
Annex A3 --
TRADITIONAL DOMAINS AND PISA ITEMS Annex A4 --
WORD-COUNT AND THE 3 Cs --
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCEAnnex A5 --
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE RELATED TO ITEM FORMAT
Annex A6 --
Mathematics Expert Group

✦ Subjects

Mathematical ability -- Testing;Mathematics -- Study and teaching;Programme for International Student Assessment