Problem Solving in Mathematics and Scientific Reasoning

Cihlář, Jiří; Eisenmann, Petr; Hejnová, Eva; Přibyl, Jiří

doi:10.15804/tner.20.61.3.08

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“…Research also shows (for example, [10]) the link between science and reading literacy, as reading is a prerequisite for the quality development of some elements of science literacy. The international study PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), which investigates reading literacy in 15-year-olds in addition to mathematical and science literacy, has shown that Slovak students often performed statistically significantly worse than Czech students in this literacy [1].…”

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Evaluating secondary school students’ science literacy with the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS)

Hejnová

2024

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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As solutions to today’s global challenges, such as climate change and environmental protection, will increasingly depend on technological and scientific innovation, it is essential for Generation Z to gain a solid foundation in science. The Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS) was used to assess the level of science literacy of students. This paper presents the results of the TOSLS testing of students aged 16-19 in several grammar schools in the Czech Republic in 2023 and compares them with the results of the TOSLS testing of students in the Slovak Republic in 2015. We found that Czech students in their final year of high school performed statistically significantly better on the TOSLS test in approximately two thirds of the items than Slovak students. For both groups of students, we observed good results in skills focused on evaluating scientific information, reading and interpreting graphical representations of data, and solving problems using quantitative skills, including basic statistical skills. On the contrary, the students had difficulty with skills related to understanding the elements of research design and their impact on scientific findings and understanding and interpreting basic statistical data.

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Evaluating secondary school students’ science literacy with the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS)

Hejnová

2024

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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“…(Bao et al, 2009;Gormally et al, 2012). In (Cihlář et al, 2017), we present the results of a small research conducted among 23 pupils aged 14-15 in the Czech Republic in 2016. The results of this research proved the legitimacy of the idea of exploring mutual relations between individual components of CPS and SR dimensions.…”

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“…The results of this research proved the legitimacy of the idea of exploring mutual relations between individual components of CPS and SR dimensions. This research was then followed up with extensive research in 2017 to describe the dependency between all components of the CPS and the SR dimensions (Cihlář et al, 2020). The objective of the article is to provide a new perspective on the investigation issue based on the data obtained and to answer the question about the relationship between school performance (classification) and the constructs of CPS and SR.…”

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Pupils’ School Performance and Their Cognitive Abilities to Solve Problems

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The paper describes the results of a study whose main aim was to find the correlation between a pupil’s school grades in Czech language (native), mathematics and physics and pupils' cognitive predispositions to problem solving in science and mathematics diagnosed by the Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning and the Culture of Problem Solving test. The total of 180 pupils from the Czech Republic aged 14–15 took part in this study. The results show that pupils with better grades in the monitored subjects achieve better results in both tests. It also turns out that there are generally statistically insignificant differences between the results of pupils assessed by grades 1 or 2, and between the results of pupils assessed by grades 3 or 4. Pupils’ performance in the two tests might help to strengthen the objectivization of grading at school. They might also help to identify the indicators important for the development of problem-solving skills. The research specifically points at the need of developing algebraic thinking, conception of infinity, spatial imagination, geometric imagination in the plane, proportional reasoning and the abilities of the control of variables.

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Problem Solving in Mathematics and Scientific Reasoning

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Evaluating secondary school students’ science literacy with the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS)

Evaluating secondary school students’ science literacy with the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS)

Pupils’ School Performance and Their Cognitive Abilities to Solve Problems

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