PISA 2006: Student attitudes to and engagement with science: How ready are our 15-year-olds for tomorrow's world?
Publication Details
This report examines the attitudes of 15-year-old students to science, along with a measure of their engagement with science.
Author(s): Robyn Caygill [Ministry of Education]
Date Published: September 2008
Further information
New Zealand’s PISA 2006 web page is available here on Education Counts. The OECD’s PISA 2006 international report can be accessed from the OECD PISA website www.pisa.oecd.org. An interactive data selection facility, which allows selected analyses of international contextual information and student performance, is also available from this site, along with the international versions of the student, school and parent questionnaires. Further reporting of New Zealand PISA 2006 results will be available later in 2008.
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Sections
- Acknowledgements
- An overview of PISA
- Key Findings
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Interest, enjoyment...
- Chapter 3: Beliefs in own abilities...
- Chapter 4: Science-related leisure activities
- Chapter 5: Value beliefs regarding science
- Chapter 6: Scientific literacy and the environment
- Chapter 7: Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Definitions and technical notes
- Further information
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