Fifteen-Years-Old Students of Seven East Asian Cities in PISA 2009: A Secondary Analysis

Autor/in	Soh, Kay Cheng
Titel	Fifteen-Years-Old Students of Seven East Asian Cities in PISA 2009: A Secondary Analysis
Quelle	In: New Horizons in Education, 60 (2012) 1, S.83-91 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1683-1381
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Effect Size; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Science Achievement; Performance Based Assessment; Cluster Grouping; Regional Characteristics; Comparative Analysis; Comparative Education; Comparative Testing; Achievement Tests; Standardized Tests; Asian Studies; China; China (Shanghai); Hong Kong; Japan; Macau; Singapore; South Korea; Taiwan (Taipei); Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Leistungsermittlung; Eingruppierung; Regionaler Faktor; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Asia; Studies; Asienwissenschaft; Hongkong; Singapur; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Background: In PISA 2009, seven East Asian countries rank high among the 65 participating countries, but some of the differences among the seven countries are small to be of substantive meaning. Aims: This paper is an attempt to fine tune the comparisons for better understanding of the situation in East Asian. Sample: Data of the seven East Asian countries were pulled from the PISA 2009 report and re-analyzed. Method: Pair-wise comparisons were made by way of effect size on Reading, Mathematics, and Science. Results: The overall patterns of differences show that Shanghai-China is definitely ahead of all the others. Korea, Hong Kong-China, and Singapore are similar in performance and form a cluster. Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Macao-China are similar and form another cluster at the lower end of achievement. Conclusion: Instead of ranking the seven countries with seven different ranks, it is more meaningful to cluster them into three groups to avoid spurious precision. In other words, league tables should not differentiate where there are no meaningful differences. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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