Peter J. Fensham
Real world contexts in PISA science: Implications for context?based science education
Queensland University of Technology
abstract pisa assessment instruments students scientific literacy 2000 2003 2006 consisted units made real world context involving science technology students asked number cognitive affective questions article discusses number issues use sampt contexts pisa implications current renewed interest contextbased science education suitably chosen contexts engage boys girls secondary analyses students responses using contextual sets items unit analysis provides new information levels performance pisa 2006 science embedding affective items achievement test lead gendercontext interactions significance context interactions less competency ones number implications contextbased science teaching learning outlined pisa 2006 science test suggested model assessment 2009 wiley periodicals inc j res sci teach 46 884896 2009