Science Achievement in Seventeen Countries

Content: 
Other Pergamon titles of related interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages ix-xi
Executive Summary, Pages 1-9
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY, Pages 11-23
CHAPTER 2 - POPULATION 1 TEST SCORES, Pages 25-30
CHAPTER 3 - POPULATION 2 TEST SCORES, Pages 31-43
CHAPTER 4 - POPULATION 3 TEST SCORES, Pages 45-55
CHAPTER 5 - SPECIAL ANALYSES, Pages 57-69
CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSIONS, Pages 71-74
APPENDIX 1 - Definitions of National Target Populations, Pages 76-80
Appendix 2a - Numbers of Schools and Students in Population 1, Page 81
Appendix 2b - Numbers of Schools and Students in Population 2, Page 82
Appendix 3 - Number of Schools and Students in Population 3 -All, Page 83
Appendix 4 - Numbers of Schools and Students in Population 3 - Biology, Page 84
Appendix 5 - Numbers of Schools and Students in Population 3 - Chemistry, Page 85
Appendix 6 - Number of schools and students in Population 3 - Physics, Page 86
Appendix 7 - Numbers of Schools and Students in Population 3 - Non-Scientists, Page 87
Appendix 8 - Calculation of Test Validity Indices, Pages 88-95
Appendix 9 - Test Reliabilities and Standard Errors of Sampling, Page 96
Appendix 10 - The Calculation of Growth Scores, Pages 97-99
Appendix 11 - Rank orders of countries in 1970 and the mid-1980s, Page 100
Appendix 12 - Some Sample Test Items (Populations 1, 2 and 3), Pages 101-125