英文摘要 |
In the past, mathematics education focused on knowledge and skills. Now, both the Mathematical Curriculum and the PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) have hoped to promote a more practical usage of mathematical knowledge. The current study selected some items from the 2012 PISA mathematical literacy released items that were suitable for Grade 6 students as suggested by a group of experts. These were then combined together with two self-made assessments A and B, which were based on the Mathematical Curriculum Guidelines. A total of 1,258 grade 6 students from 27 schools and 56 classes were purposively sampled. Results showed that open-ended questions had higher ratio of blank answer. Further analysis of the error items showed that the assessment was actually not difficult to compute, but the problem lies with the understanding of the question itself. More so, with the low-scores group; students tend to have no idea about the question, which resulted in guessing an d randomly selecting the answers. As for the students' background, students from the Northern region of Taiwan performed significantly better than the students from the Southern region. In addition, male students performed better than their female counterparts. According to these results, some conclusions and suggestions were proposed for practical application and future research. |