Development Trends of PISA 2012 and PISA 2018 Financial Literacy Achievements in Latvia

Mihno, Linda

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“…As mentioned above, reading literacy is essential for success in problem-solving tasks. Reading literacy is an important basic life skill that influences much of students' achievement in other areas, such as financial literacy (Mihno, 2022;Jappelli & Padula, 2013;Kalmi & Ruuskanen, 2018;OECD, 2014;Riitsalu & Poder, 2016). It is therefore essential to develop it to promote achievement in other areas.…”

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Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023

2023

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The aim of the study was to explore social measurements and COVID-19 -related behavioral choices from a network structure perspective. We tested network models by comparing network structures in 46 countries by cultural dimensions (Hofstede et al., 2010). The pre-registered hypothesis was that the network structure of variables predicting COVID-19-related behavioral choices will be robust across countries, regardless of the mean differences of these variables between countries characterized by high vs low culture dimension indices. Behavioural choices toward COVID-19 situation were: physical hygiene, policy support, and physical contact. In network analysis we used several social/psychological constructs: social belonging, trait optimism, collective narcissism, moral identity, self-esteem, national identification, trait self-control, morality as cooperation, conspiracy beliefs, political ideology, and narcissism. We analysed twelve conditions based on dichotomized culture dimensions (high vs. low Power distance, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainty avoidance, Long-term orientation, and Indulgence) across demographics (e.g., age, gender). We conducted network structure analysis using high-dimensional undirected graph estimation with glasso procedure splitting the data by culture dimensions in total with N = 40 795 individuals. The study findings indicated that the network models were fairly consistent across cultures with different scores on each of Hofstede's six cultural dimensions. This similarity reflects the previous studies in terms of the stability of associations between variables regardless of sex, age, and political beliefs.

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Competence of Mathematics of 4th Grade Students of Latvia in International Comparison

Mihno,

Mālere,

Mitenberga

et al. 2023

Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023

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Education in Latvia currently is facing major changes. Learning content is based on a competences-based approach. The competences approach is wide spreading in the curricula of other countries, but each country has a different approach to implementing the competences. Not only in the context of the competences-based approach, but also in the education processes in general, the quality of education is emphasised. The quality of education receives increased attention, including of analyse various aspects – the students’ level of knowledge and skills, the professional competence of teachers and principals, the school infrastructure, the evaluation of the education system, etc. In Latvia, the Education Law defines the quality of education, which is similar to the other definitions and explanations of the quality of education that also focuses on the learner acquiring the knowledge and skills, which are required to succeed in life. In countries where the content of the competences-based approach is implemented learning areas are identified. The breakdown of the learning areas varies from country to country, but the core areas are the same: languages, science, maths and arts. This article will analyse students’ mathematics competence to find out which of the skills are better developed, and which of them need further improvement. For that Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 data are used, which shows that 4th grade students in Latvia are the 10th best mathematicians in the world, however that does not mean that there are no areas for more development. To become one of the best education systems in the world, it is needed to look for weaknesses and try to reduce them. This article highlights these areas. The aim of this article is to identify the weaknesses of students in Latvia in mathematics competences in TIMSS 2019 and give recommendations what could improve the mathematics competences of students in Latvia and their chances to become better mathematicians.

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Development Trends of PISA 2012 and PISA 2018 Financial Literacy Achievements in Latvia

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Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023

Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023

Competence of Mathematics of 4th Grade Students of Latvia in International Comparison

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