Essays about: "PISA"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 48 essays containing the word PISA.

  1. 11. Teaching Practices and Collaborative Problem Solving - Evidence from PISA 2015

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jens Mattsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Teaching practices; Collaborative Problem Solving; Standardized tests; PISA 2015; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : There is a heated debate on what teaching practices should be used to foster the skills students need for the current and future workplace. The 21st-century skills movement, among others, argue that 21st-century skills such as creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration should be actively taught to students using more modern teaching practices (for example students working in small groups and focusing on critical thinking) and less traditional teaching practices (for example lecturing and focusing on fact-based knowledge). READ MORE

  3. 12. Grade Leniency and Competition : A study of Swedish Compulsory Level Municipality Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Thor; [2020]
    Keywords : School choice; grade inflation; quasi-markets; independent schools; municipalities;

    Abstract : In Sweden, there has been an increased discrepancy between increasing merit ratings and decreasing results in international surveys such as PISA. At the same time, since the 1990s, Sweden has had several reforms that resulted in increased competition, decentralization and trust-based evaluations. READ MORE

  4. 13. DOES ICT USE AFFECT THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SWEDEN? EMPRICAL EVIDENCE FROM PISA 2015?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Bas Senden; [2019-12-20]
    Keywords : Technology; Social well-being; Mediation; Academic performance; PISA;

    Abstract : Aim: This study takes a quantitative approach, using PISA 2015 data in order to investigate the ICT use of Swedish secondary school students and the effects it has on social well-being as well as academic performance. Importantly, the mediating effects of different aspects of social well-being are taken into consideration to investigate the role they play within the relationship between ICT use and learning outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 14. VIRTUAL AND REAL

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Yifan Li; [2019]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : According to the statistics from Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), a continuously declining trend is showed in Swedish kids' mathematical performance during recent years. In comparison with other OECD countries, the mathematical literacy of 15-year-old students in Sweden is almost below average. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Impact of Homework on Student Achievement: Evidence from 57 countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Iker Arregui Alegria; Ruslan Gatykaev; [2019]
    Keywords : Homework; Test Scores; Study Time; Heterogeneity Analyses; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the effect of homework on student achievement using data from 57 countries that participated in PISA 2006. For that, we use a within-student identification strategy that allows us to account for most confounding influences at the country, school and student level. READ MORE