66.018 - Teaching Practices, Quality, and Effectiveness in International Comparison: Results From the 2012 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Mathematics Assessment

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

OECD’s (PISA) is used as a research instrument to study teaching from a cross-cultural perspective. In PISA 2012, aspects of teaching practices and teaching were taken up in the Questionnaire Framework (Klieme et al., 2013) and implemented in the Student Questionnaire, with a focus on mathematics. Items and, where equivalence of measurement can be established, scales can be used to identify teaching cultures. It can be shown that Anglo-American, Scandinavian, or East Asian countries share certain patterns. The relationship between measures of teaching and student outcomes varies between cultures. Thus, teaching can be identified as a cultural activity (Stigler & Hiebert), and there is reason to assume that best practices from one culture may be less effective in others.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• William H. Schmidt, Michigan State University

Papers

• Teaching Practices, Quality, and Effectiveness in International Comparison: Results From the 2012 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Mathematics Assessment - Eckhard J. Klieme, German Institute for International Educational Research

Discussant

• Pablo Zoido, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development