Performance and levels of contextualization in a selection of OECD countries in PISA 2006

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 897-908

  Nentwig, Peter ^a   Roennebeck, Silke ^a   Schoeps, Katrin ^a   Rumann, Stefan ^b   Carstensen, Claus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Context; Scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT; CONTEXTUALIZATION; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; GERMANY; OECD COUNTRIES; SCIENTIFIC LITERACY;

EID: 70349524955     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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