Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison

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Autor(a) principal: Fonseca, Jesuina
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Valente, Maria Odete, Conboy, Joseph
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/4325
Resumo: Concurso aberto por um ano para projectos sobre o sucesso escolar.
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spelling Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparisonPisa 2006Explanatory variablesScientific literacyScience tteaching and learning;Student attitudesConcurso aberto por um ano para projectos sobre o sucesso escolar.Problem Statement: PISA 2006 indicates that Portuguese students’ performance in science, although improving, is still lower than in most OCDE countries. What is the role of student characteristics, interests, gender and economic, social, cultural, status (ESCS) on scientific literacy scores? How does Portugal compare with some other selected countries? Purpose of Study: The study compares Portuguese students’ performance in PISA 2006 scientific literacy with that of students from the OECD, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Greece, and the USA. The study also examines students’ science interests, self-efficacy and beliefs about their own competences. Furthermore, the study identifies which student variables may help to explain performance in science. Research Methods: Our data are selected from the PISA 2006 student: (a) science performance and (b) interests and beliefs measured by the student questionnaire. In order to answer our research questions, we performed secondary analyses using hierarchical linear modeling. The 2006 PISA sample in Portugal consisted of 5109 students in 173 schools, all between the ages of 15;3 and 16;2. Findings: Change-in-score coefficients in the fitted model indicate that the ESCS effect is strongest in the USA, Finland and UK. The school-wide ESCS effect is superior to that of student ESCS and is a performance factor for all countries with the exception of Finland. Mean differences in performance tend to favor boys but, in several countries, gender does not contribute a significant change in score in the fitted models. For all countries, the general value of science, enjoyment of science and science selfefficacy are positively associated with performance. A negative association between personal value of science and performance was observed. The association of “participation in non-school science activities” with performance is either negative or non-significant. Conclusions: The constellation of associated factors differs from country to country but a few of these factors stand out as cross-nationally valid. Knowledge of both kinds of factors can be useful for the improvement of teaching/learning systems. Cross-national factors can simplify general models while the country-specific factors can help identify and target local concerns.FCT/MECElsevierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaFonseca, JesuinaValente, Maria OdeteConboy, Joseph2011-10-25T14:04:03Z20112011-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/4325engFonseca, J., Valente, M. O., & Conboy, J. (2011). Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 12, 322–329.1877-0428info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T15:45:16Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/4325Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:30:00.218872Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
title Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
spellingShingle Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
Fonseca, Jesuina
Pisa 2006
Explanatory variables
Scientific literacy
Science tteaching and learning;
Student attitudes
title_short Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
title_full Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
title_fullStr Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
title_full_unstemmed Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
title_sort Student characteristics and PISA science performance: Portugal in cross-national comparison
author Fonseca, Jesuina
author_facet Fonseca, Jesuina
Valente, Maria Odete
Conboy, Joseph
author_role author
author2 Valente, Maria Odete
Conboy, Joseph
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fonseca, Jesuina
Valente, Maria Odete
Conboy, Joseph
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pisa 2006
Explanatory variables
Scientific literacy
Science tteaching and learning;
Student attitudes
topic Pisa 2006
Explanatory variables
Scientific literacy
Science tteaching and learning;
Student attitudes
description Concurso aberto por um ano para projectos sobre o sucesso escolar.
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