FROM PISA TO EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS: THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS ON SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GERMANY   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Knut Neumann  Hans E. Fischer  Alexander Kauertz 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2010,8(3):545-563

The German education system does not traditionally rely on standardized testing. However, when the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study revealed an average performance of German students compared to other participating countries, a particular proportion of low-performing students, and remarkable disparities between the federal states, German policy makers decided for a major reform of the education system. A core piece of this reform was the introduction of National Education Standards. For science education, these standards were heavily influenced by the PISA results and its underlying framework. That is, with the standards, a paradigm shift took place from the German notion of Bildung towards the Anglo-American notion of literacy. With the introduction of these standards, a new field of empirical educational research was created: research on models of scientific literacy or competency models as a basis of benchmarking the standards. This article describes the German education system before PISA, summarizes the major findings from PISA, and describes how these findings informed the formulation of the performance standards for science education. It also details the measures undertaken to benchmark these standards. Finally, it provides insight into the issues with developing and benchmarking performance standards and points out future areas of research on evidence-based decision making in educational policy.  相似文献   

Collaboration Scripts – A Conceptual Analysis     

Ingo Kollar  Frank Fischer  Friedrich W. Hesse 《Educational Psychology Review》2006,18(2):159-185

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WeAre amused     

Roger A. Fischer 《Academic Questions》1992,6(1):8-9

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Inquiry-Learning with WebLab: Undergraduate Attitudes and Experiences     

Judith Fischer  Rudolph Mitchell  Jesus del Alamo 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2007,16(4):337-348

The Microelectronics WebLab at MIT allows students to do actual (not simulated) laboratory research on state-of-the art equipment through the Internet. This study assesses the use of WebLab in a junior-level course on microelectronic devices and circuits in 2004–05 and 2005–06. In quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, students and faculty reported that WebLab was effective as an instrument of learning, and grew more so with refinements of the program. WebLab allowed undergraduates to learn at their own pace and on their own schedules. It enabled them to use different processes of learning (intuitive, visual, abstract), and it gave them an opportunity to link individual and collaborative effort in creative combinations. Online laboratories on this model have broad applications in the experimental sciences and in other research-oriented disciplines.  相似文献   

Deficits in emotion regulation mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and later eating disorder symptoms     

Burns EE  Fischer S  Jackson JL  Harding HG 《Child abuse & neglect》2012,36(1):32-39

The present study examined the relationship of child maltreatment to both emotion dysregulation and subsequent eating pathology. In an effort to extend previous research, the authors examined the unique impact of childhood emotional abuse (CEA) on emotion dysregulation and eating disorder (ED) symptoms while controlling for the effects of sexual and physical abuse. Structural equation modeling was utilized to simultaneously examine the effects of all three abuse types on multiple dependent variables as well as examine whether deficits in emotion regulation mediated the relationship between abuse and eating pathology. Results from a survey of 1,254 female college students revealed significant paths from abuse subtypes to specific eating disorder symptoms, with CEA evidencing the strongest association with ED symptoms. Additionally, emotion dysregulation was positively associated with ED symptoms, and mediated the effects of emotional abuse on symptoms. Findings support previous research on the enduring effects of emotional abuse as well as highlight the importance of the assessment of CEA in the treatment of ED symptoms.  相似文献   

Award: Transforming Education Through Neuroscience     

David B. Daniel  Kurt Fischer  Kelly Williams  Daniel LaGattuta 《Mind, Brain, and Education》2013,7(3):151-151

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What Makes the Finnish Different in Science? Assessing and Comparing Students' Science Learning in Three Countries     

Cornelia Geller  William J. Boone  Hans E. Fischer 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(18):3042-3066

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Presenting theoretical ideas prior to inquiry activities fosters theory‐level knowledge     

Christof Wecker  Alexander Rachel  Eva Heran‐Dörr  Christine Waltner  Hartmut Wiesner  Frank Fischer 《科学教学研究杂志》2013,50(10):1180-1206

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How Stephen Mather Sold the Park Service Idea     

Kenneth P. Fischer 《The Journal of environmental education》2013,44(4):21-24

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Sex differences in secondary school success: why female students perform better   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Franziska Fischer  Johannes Schult  Benedikt Hell 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2013,28(2):529-543

School success is closely linked to intelligence but also to non-cognitive factors such as achievement motivation. The present study examines which non-cognitive factors predict secondary school grades and looks at reasons why female students tend to outperform their male counterparts. A sample of 554 German freshman students provided measures of general intelligence, achievement motivation, science course choice, self-efficacy, self-perceived academic achievement, and test anxiety. Results show that achievement motivation, self-perceived academic achievement, and sex significantly contribute to the final secondary school success above intelligence. Females’ advantage in final secondary school grades becomes even larger after controlling for general intelligence. This advantage can be explained by females’ higher achievement motivation. Showing more compensatory effort as well as self-control and taking more pride in their own productivity helps females to outperform their male counterparts at secondary school.  相似文献