Attitudes and beliefs in PISA 2006 FINLAND

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Attitudes and beliefsin PISA 2006FINLAND

• 30.08.2008
• Jarkko Hautamäki

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Response tendencies of Finnish and Normative OECD
students Interest in science 1 Strongly agree, 2
Agree, 3 Disagree, 4 Strongly disagree Frequency
distribution, percentages ()
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OECD average Finland
1 Reading 2 Mathematics 3 Science Colours
interest in science learning strongly agree,
agree, disagree, strongly disagree
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Scale oecd mean 0, sd1 Mean Mean SD
Statistic se
General value of science .07 .01 .89
General interest in learning science -.24 .01 .94
Future oriented science motivation -.17 .01 .86
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oecd mean 0, sd1 Mean Mean SD
Statistic se
Personal value of science -,09 ,01 ,88
Enjoyment of science ,11 ,01 ,89
Science self-efficacy ,03 ,01 ,92
Science self concept ,07 ,01 ,85
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OECD mean 0, SD 1 Mean Se SD
Awareness of environmental issues -.02 .02 .86
Environmental optimism .00 .01 .85
Perception of environmental issues -.52 .01 .83
Responsibility for sustainable development -.10 .02 1.02
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Items of the index of students level of
(serious) concern for environmental issues ,
perception of environmental issues (source,
Figure 3.19, OECD 2007a, p. 159)
() Item Finnish OECD Air pollution
88 92 Extinction of plants and
animals 74 84 Clearing of forests for other
land use 76 83 Energy shortage 67 82 Nuclear
waste 74 78 Water shortage 45 76
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Mean
Interest in science 488
Support for scientific inquiry 479
COMPETENCE-components Explaining scientifically 566
Identifying scientific issue 555
Using scientific evidence 567
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r
Interest in science 0.21 -0.00
Support for scientific inquiry 0.35 0.04
Explaining scientifically 0.88 0.38
Identifying scientific issue 0.83 0.14
Using scientific evidence 0.84 0.35
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Compe- tence Compe- tence Interest in science READ SCIENCE MATH
Interest 0.39 0.39 0.85 0.21 0.23 0.16
Support 0.55 0.55 0.71 0.42 0.39 0.28
Explaining Explaining 0.95 -0.15 0.76 0.95 0.84
Identifying Identifying 0.92 -0.20 0.83 0.91 0.80
Using Using 0.96 -0.19 0.83 0.96 0.87
Science competence (1st PC) 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.84 0.97 0.85
Interest in science (2nd PC) 0.00 0.00 1.00 -0.10 -0.18 -0.22
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Compe- tence Compe- tence Interest in science READ SCIENCE MATH
Interest 0.39 0.39 0.85 0.21 0.23 0.16
Support 0.55 0.55 0.71 0.42 0.39 0.28
Explaining Explaining 0.95 -0.15 0.76 0.95 0.84
Identifying Identifying 0.92 -0.20 0.83 0.91 0.80
Using Using 0.96 -0.19 0.83 0.96 0.87
Science competence (1st PC) 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.84 0.97 0.85
Interest in science (2nd PC) 0.00 0.00 1.00 -0.10 -0.18 -0.22
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SYMBOLIC MAPS

• which are based on multidimensional analysis of
  item frequencies and constructing a n-dimensional
  matrix of similarity/dissimilarity
• using symbolic data analysis software, SODAS
• countries positions are projected on a
  bi-dimensional map
• dimensions are not normally interpreted, only the
  relative positions, the configuration, is given

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Bi-dimensional symbolic map of 30 OECD countries
based on science competence components (explain,
identify, use)
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Bi-dimensional symbolic map of 30 OECD countries
based on science attitudes (interest, support)
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Bi-dimensional symbolic map of 30 OECD countries
based on environmental questions 22,24,25 and 26
of PISA student questionnaire
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Bi-dimensional symbolic map of 30 OECD countries
based on science attitudes (interest, support)
and competence components (explain, identify, use)
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Bi-dimensional symbolic map of all PISA
participating countries based on science
attitudes (interest, support)
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All PISA 06 countries two indexes of science
attitudes, three indexes of science competence
components