Executive Summary -- Reader's Guide -- Excellence in Science Performance -- Students Who Excel -- Experiences, Attitudes and Motivations for Excellence -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B.
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The rapidly growing demand for highly skilled workers has led to a global competition for talent. While basic competencies are important for the absorption of new technologies, high-level skills are critical for the creation of new knowledge, technologies and innovation. The OECD's Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has taken an innovative approach to examining educational excellence, by directly assessing students' knowledge, skills and attitudes and exploring how these relate to the characteristics of individual students, schools and education systems. Based on PISA survey results, this report examines who the highest performing students are, what the characteristics of the schools they attend are, to what extent they engage in science related activities outside of school, what their motivations and attitudes towards science are, and what their career intentions are.--Publisher's description.
Top of the class.
9789264060685
Programme for International Student Assessment.
OECD.
Programme for International Student Assessment.
Pisa, Test
Academic achievement, Statistics.
Motivation in education.
Science-- Ability testing, Statistics.
Academic achievement.
Motivation in education.
Naturwissenschaften
Qualität
Science-- Ability testing.
Unterricht
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T66
2009
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.