Are secondary school graduates prepared for the studies of natural sciences? – evaluation and analysis of the result of scientific literacy levels achieved by secondary school graduates

Čipková, Elena; Karolčík, Štefan; Scholzová, Lucia

doi:10.1080/02635143.2019.1599846

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“…The scientific literacy performance of gifted young scientist candidates is mostly in the low category. The results of this research are in line with the previous study, also revealing the students' low scientific literacy performance on each measured indicator (Čipková et al, 2019;Novaristiana, Rinanto, & Ramli, 2019). The low performance can be caused by passive learning because it does not facilitate or direct them in good problem-solving planning (Bellová, Melicherčíková, & Tomčík, 2017).…”

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“…Participants' tendency to make mistakes in interpreting a lot might be due to ignoring graphic data, when developing a hypothesis or evaluating an argument. To succeed in this ninth indicator, according to Čipková, Karolčík, & Scholzová (2019), students need to summarize and generalize the information obtained to conclude.…”

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The Scientific Literacy Performance of Gifted Young Scientist Candidates in the Digital Age

Fausan

Susilo

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Scientific Literacy (SL) is an important competency to deal with and keep up with the increasingly sophisticated technological developments. However, information about the SL of prospective gifted young scientists over 15 years old has not been widely revealed holistically. Therefore, this survey research aimed to investigate the SL performance of prospective gifted young scientists holistically and compare the SL performance based on the grade level. A total of 278 students from a public senior high school in Jombang Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia, participated in this research. They were asked to take the SL test with 18 essential question items. As a result, the participants still showed low SL performance (total success rate = 40). The one-way ANOVA test results indicated no significant difference in the participants' SL performance based on the grade level. Therefore, three recommendations were provided: teachers should use various learning models, SL should be an explicit focus in science and non-science classrooms, and schools need to be equipped with supporting facilities to accommodate student readiness to practice SL.

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The Scientific Literacy Performance of Gifted Young Scientist Candidates in the Digital Age

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“…With regard to the comparison of the results of the scientific literacy assessment between the different groups of individuals analyzed, differences with statistical significance were identified in several aspects assessed in 16 of the 43 studies: ethnicity (Fives et al, 2014;Laugksch & Spargo, 1999;Mun et al, 2013;Shaffer et al, 2019); education level (Laugksch & Spargo, 1999;McKeown, 2017;Mun et al, 2015;Rundgren et al, 2010); year/grade (Özdem et al, 2010); gender (Laugksch & Spargo, 1999;Mun et al, 2013Mun et al, , 2015Shaffer et al, 2019); number of science subjects taken (Čipková et al, 2020;Laugksch & Spargo, 1999); type of institution-public/private- (Gormally et al, 2012;Nascimento-Schulze, 2006;Vizzotto, 2019); pre-test/post-test (Cartwright et al, 2020;Gormally et al, 2012); socioeconomic level (Fives et al, 2014); initial training/continuing training (Gomes & Almeida, 2016); number of failures (Vizzotto, 2019); concurrent work and study (Vizzotto, 2019); post-secondary studies (Vizzotto, 2019); continuity in studies (Vizzotto, 2019); 1st year higher education students/last year higher education students (Vizzotto & Del Pino, 2020b).…”

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Scientific Literacy Assessment Instruments: A Systematic Literature Review

2023

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The study aimed to analyze scientific literacy assessment instruments. In this sense, a systematic literature review was carried out in the B-On, SciELO, Scholar Google, and RCAAP databases to identify studies using scientific literacy assessment instruments. The selection criteria included articles published between 1990 and 2020 in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, which developed and/or used scientific literacy assessment instruments. Articles that did not address scientific literacy in the title or abstract did not cite instruments and results of assessing students' scientific literacy, reviews, case studies, and articles that assessed specific subjects or subjects were excluded. Thirteen scientific literacy assessment instruments were identified. Most of the studies were conducted in Brazil, Indonesia, and the United States, predominating with Secondary School students. Higher Education students were the ones with the most positive results. The most evaluated dimensions of scientific literacy were related to different scientific literacy skills. The respondents’ classifications were obtained through the descriptive frequencies of responses to the items, with no standardization in the categorization processes of the results. Our findings led us to conclude that caution is required when comparing the results of the studies, since many instruments were applied at educational levels and in contexts different from those for which they were developed.

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“…In general, secondary school students do not develop mathematical competence correctly due to their difficulties with understanding the basic theoretical concepts and the proper interpretations of data ( Cipkova et al, 2019 ). Moreover, a negative perception of the subject, which is dependent on the interests of teenagers ( Husein et al, 2018 ; Abin et al, 2020 ), has a negative impact on both a student’s academic performance ( Ozhan and Kocadere, 2020 ) and their choice of STEAM studies ( Hine, 2018 ).…”

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Influence of motivation on the perception of mathematics by secondary school students

Hossein-Mohand

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Motivation, the teacher–student relationship, the use of resources, and the time spent studying, in addition to the family economic and social context, are some of the factors that affect academic performance and directly influence student failure. This paper evaluates the motivation in mathematics students’ performances by analyzing indicators of the mathematics learning dimensions. A total of 2,018 secondary students were evaluated in this cross-sectional study. Motivation, teaching, resources, and study time were analyzed with a validated 20-item questionnaire. Statistical analysis revealed that student motivation appears to be significantly related to perceptions of teaching practices and the use of resources for study. Students with high motivation have positive perceptions of teaching practices. Gender differences were not observed. In addition, the motivation indicator allowed for grouping students into various motivational profiles.

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Are secondary school graduates prepared for the studies of natural sciences? – evaluation and analysis of the result of scientific literacy levels achieved by secondary school graduates

Cited by 18 publications

References 31 publications

The Scientific Literacy Performance of Gifted Young Scientist Candidates in the Digital Age

The Scientific Literacy Performance of Gifted Young Scientist Candidates in the Digital Age

Scientific Literacy Assessment Instruments: A Systematic Literature Review

Influence of motivation on the perception of mathematics by secondary school students

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