From pisa to educational standards: The impact of large-scale assessments on science education in Germany

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-563

  Neumann, Knut ^a   Fischer, Hans E ^b   Kauertz, Alexander ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c University of Education Weingarten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competencies; Germany; PISA; Science education; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952319992     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9206-7     Document Type: Article

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