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Affective Characteristics and Mathematics Performance in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand: What Can PISA 2012 Data Tell Us?
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Thien, Lei Mee; Darmawan, I. Gusti Ngurah; Ong, Mei Yean – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2015
Background: The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 showed that Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand underperformed and were positioned in the bottom third out of 65 participating countries for mathematics, science, and reading literacies. The wide gap between these three countries and the top performing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Non-Cognitive Characteristics and Academic Achievement in Southeast Asian Countries Based on PISA 2009, 2012, and 2015. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 233
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Lee, Jihyun – OECD Publishing, 2020
Non-cognitive characteristics of students in four Southeast Asian countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam -- were reviewed based on the PISA 2009, 2012, and 2015 data. Overall, students in this region demonstrated similarities with respect to their non-cognitive dispositions such as learning habits, approaches to learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Study Habits, Learning Strategies
Do Boys and Girls Have Similar Attitudes towards Competition and Failure? PISA in Focus. No. 105
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OECD Publishing, 2020
While in most countries today women attain higher levels of education than men, on average, they are less likely than men to be employed and they earn less. There are many reasons why these gender gaps open; some are apparent in secondary school. For example, even when they outperform boys academically, girls are less likely than their male peers…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Gender Differences, Competition, Failure