What We Learned from PISA

The Outstanding Performance of Students in Hong Kong and East Asia

The outstanding performance of East Asian societies in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is one of the most widely discussed topics in international assessments. PISA is a worldwide study of scholastic performance, conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), of 15-year old pupils in mathematics, science and reading.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive view on the excellent performance of students in Hong Kong and East Asian societies based on solid empirical data from the first five cycles of the PISA study from 2000 to 2012. Adopting a broad perspective, this book links the performance of students to themselves, their families and respective schools — the three major selves and social contexts that exert powerful influence on young people in Hong Kong. It is unique that the book does not only define student outcomes narrowly as cognitive performance on various tests in PISA, but also employs a number of affective indicators, such as students' self-regulated learning, their self-concept measures, and attitudes towards learning. The book argues that schooling is a complex enterprise, and the relationships between school outcomes and the larger families, schools, and societal contexts are even more complex. The book utilizes summary statistics and multivariate methods to investigate how various measures of student outcomes are influenced by these contextual factors.

Contents:

• Accomplishment and Challenges:

  • PISA in Hong Kong and East Asian Societies (Esther Sui Chu HO)
  • Quality and Equality Trends in Basic Education (Esther Sui Chu HO)
  • Student Performance in Computer-based Assessment in PISA (Esther Sui Chu HO)

• Student Performance in PISA and Its Trend:

  • Performance of Hong Kong Students in Mathematical Literacy and Its Trend in PISA (Ka Lok WONG)
  • Performance of Hong Kong Students in Scientific Literacy and Its Trend in PISA (Victor Kwok Chi LAU)
  • Performance of Hong Kong Students in Reading Literacy and Its Trend in PISA (Cecilia Ka Wai CHUN)

• Factors Affecting Student Performance:

  • Self-related Cognition and Mathematics Performance What We Learned from PISA 2003 to PISA 2012 (Esther Sui Chu HO)
  • Learning Strategies, Reading Engagement, Learning Environment and Students' Reading Performance in East Asian Societies (Esther Sui Chu HO & Kit Ling LAU)
  • Effect of Family Factors on Students' Performance (Esther Sui Chu HO & Yuk Ping LAM)
  • ICT Familiarity of East Asian Students and Effect of ICT Factors on Students' CBA Performance (Esther Sui Chu HO)
  • Concluding Remarks about East Asian Learners and Their Learning (Esther Sui Chu HO, Yuk Ping LAM & Kwok Wing SUM)

Readership: Policymakers, administrators, educators, teachers and researchers interested in actual accomplishment and challenges of basic eduction in East Asian societies.
Key Features:

• Unique and systematic analysis of excellent performance of students, their schools and families in Hong Kong and East Asian societies
• Comparative studies, policy analysis, student assessment, school effectiveness and multilevel research methodology are adopted to understand the myth behind the outstanding performance of students in East Asian societies
• Globally recognized data of PISA from 2000 to 2012 used in this book make it inspiring and appealing to researchers, scholars, educators and policymakers worldwide