| Status | 已發表Published |
| Explaining phenomena scientifically and identifying scientific issues in physics education: Some interesting observations of the high-performing economies in PISA 2006 | |
| Cheung, K. C. | |
| 2014-07-01 | |
| Source Publication | GIREP-MPTL International Conference on “Teaching/Learning Physics: Integrating Research into Practice”
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| Abstract | This paper analyses student performance of the twelve high-performing economies in PISA 2006 on the two released test units (i.e. CLOTHES, THE GRAND CANYON) so as to understand to what extent students are able to explain physical phenomena scientifically, and identify issues for scientific investigation in the laboratories. Item analyses of the released items reveal that students make mistakes which are often explainable in terms of their opportunities to learn in their school curriculum and informal settings, and they are generally weak in the identification of issues for scientific investigations. Another interesting finding of this study is that a country’s enjoyment of science learning is negatively associated with its scientific literacy performance. Sensibly, the eleven high-performing economies in PISA 2006 do not go to the two affective extremes and they are all having medium level of enjoyment of science learning. Implications for pedagogy, curriculum design, and teacher education are discussed. |
| Keyword | scientific literacy physical knowledge scientific inquiry PISA |
| Language | 英語English |
| The Source to Article | PB_Publication |
| PUB ID | 12541 |
| Document Type | Conference paper |
| Collection | Faculty of Education |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Cheung, K. C.. Explaining phenomena scientifically and identifying scientific issues in physics education: Some interesting observations of the high-performing economies in PISA 2006[C], 2014. |
| APA | Cheung, K. C..(2014). Explaining phenomena scientifically and identifying scientific issues in physics education: Some interesting observations of the high-performing economies in PISA 2006. GIREP-MPTL International Conference on “Teaching/Learning Physics: Integrating Research into Practice”. |
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