Evaluating Scientific Thinking among Shanghai's Students of High and Low Performing Schools

Autor/inn/en	Rind, Irfan Ahmed; Ning, Bo
Titel	Evaluating Scientific Thinking among Shanghai's Students of High and Low Performing Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Research, 113 (2020) 5, S.364-373 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rind, Irfan Ahmed) ORCID (Ning, Bo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0671
DOI	10.1080/00220671.2020.1832430
Schlagwörter	Science Process Skills; Thinking Skills; Prediction; Skill Development; Causal Models; Science Education; Educational Trends; High School Students; Adolescents; Grade 9; School Effectiveness; High Achievement; Low Achievement; Achievement Tests; Foreign Countries; International Assessment; Performance Factors; China (Shanghai); Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Vorhersage; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Kausalanalyse; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Bildungsentwicklung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Schuleffizienz; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland; Leistungsindikator
Abstract	Shanghai is dubbed as a role model for science and mathematics education as its fifteen-year-olds have been outperforming all in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) since 2009. Shanghai's achievements are attributed to its interest in adopting innovative international trends in education and equally effectively implementing these at its high and low-performing schools. One such trend in science education is based on the univariable and Control of Variable (CoV) strategies. This model is also used in constructing higher-order thinking items in science and mathematics assessments in PISA. Our first objective was to understand if students of Shanghai mastered the CoV strategies. Beyond CoV models, the emerging trend in science education promotes multivariable thinking among young adolescents. Our second objective was to understand if Shanghai has adopted this emerging trend and prepared its students on multivariable thinking. Using specially designed and previously validated assessments, we measured and compared the CoV and multivariable thinking skills of fifteen-year-olds representing one high and one low-performing school. Our results highlighted the equally exceptional performance of both schools in the CoV tasks and comparatively poor performance in the multivariable causal reasoning and prediction tasks. These findings may offer one aspect to understand Shanghai's performance in the PISA, at the same time highlight the weaknesses in its contemporary science education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01