What Can PISA 2012 Data Tell Us? : : Performance and Challenges in Five Participating Southeast Asian Countries / / edited by Lei Mee Thien, NORDIN ABD RAZAK, John Keeves, I GUSTI NGURAH DARMAWAN.

• HerausgeberIn: Thien, Lei Mee.; RAZAK, NORDIN ABD.; Keeves, John.; DARMAWAN, I GUSTI NGURAH.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This is the first book regarding the issues of PISA that has been published with respect to the Southeast Asian region. It is hoped that the content of this book can benefit and provide greater understanding for readers of several important aspects: (a) country performance in PISA 2012 for each part...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Prologue
• PISA: Malaysia’s Wake up Call for a More Balanced Approach to Educational Delivery and Attainment
• A Multilevel Analysis of Singaporean Students’ Mathematics performance in PISA 2012
• Education Assessment System and PISA 2012 in Vietnam
• Students’ Performance in PISA and the Adequacy of Teaching and Learning; Diagnosing Weaknesses of Indonesian Students’ Learning
• Factors Associated with Malaysian Mathematics Performance in PISA 2012
• Problem-Solving Skills among Malaysian Students: What We Learned from PISA; The Variation in Teaching and Learning Practices and Their Contribution to Mathematics Performance in PISA 2012
• Assessing the Quality and Equity of Student Performance in Five Southeast Asian Countries
• Understanding PISA and Its Impact on Policy Initiative: A Review of the Evidence; What Comes Next – Insights for Reform Initiatives and Future Research
• The Foundation Problems for Educational Research Arising from the PISA Studies: Important Issues for Research into PISA Studies; Epilogue: The Challenges Confronting All People Living on the Planet Earth
• About the Contributors.