Author : Malcolm J. Rosier,Michael Grant Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033204327
The Science Achievement of Year 12 Students in Australia by Malcolm J. Rosier,Michael Grant Long Pdf
The Second International Science Study (SISS), was a comprehensive examination of science education in 24 countries. This monograph presents results from the Australian component of the study for Year 12 students. Australia was one of the 17 countries testing at the upper secondary level as part of the Second International Science Study. This monograph gives detailed results for the Australian states, together with some preliminary comparisons with the other countries. It also presents some comparisons with results from the First International Science Study, conducted in Australia in 1970. The information about the Year 12 science students includes: students' achievement; student enrolments in science subjects; the science curriculum covered by the students; the home background and ethnic background of the students; characteristics of science lessons; and students' attitudes to school, to the science studied at school, and to the role of science in the wider society. The monograph examines reasons for differences in science achievement between students in terms of their home background and their opportunity to study the subject. The comprehensive study shows that: the percentage of students taking biology has increased since 1970, corresponding to the large increase in the total number of students remaining at school to Year 12; the percentage of chemistry students has not changed; the percentage of physics students has actually declined; the performance in biology, chemistry and physics was highest in Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory; and the performance of Australian students in biology, chemistry and physics was near the middle of the group of countries surveyed.
