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PISA 2012 Results: Creative Problem Solving (Volume V) : Students' Skills in Tackling Real-Life Problems / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Series:
- PISA, 19963777.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Students--Social aspects.
- Students.
- Students--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This fifth volume of PISA 2012 results presents an assessment of student performance in problem solving, which measures students’ capacity to respond to non-routine situations in order to achieve their potential as constructive and reflective citizens. It provides the rationale for assessing problem-solving skills and describes performance within and across countries and economies. In addition, the volume highlights the relative strengths and weaknesses of each school system and examines how they are related to individual student characteristics, such as gender, immigrant background and socio-economic status. The volume also explores the role of education in fostering problem-solving skills.
- Contents:
- Reader's guide
- What is PISA?
- United States
- Assessing problem-solving skills in PISA 2012
- United Kingdom
- Foreword
- Spain
- Acknowledgements
- Singapore
- Executive summary
- How problem-solving performance varies within countries
- Student performance in problem solving
- Students' strengths and weaknesses in problem solving
- Japan
- Germany
- The development and implementation of PISA
- PISA 2012 data
- PISA 2012 technical background
- Implications of the problem.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789264208070
- 9264208070
- OCLC:
- 893012764
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