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Table 1 PISA facets and categories
Maths—Facet | Category | N items = 83 (% invariant items) |
|---|---|---|
Content | Change and relationships | 22 (77) |
Quantity | 21 (52) | |
Space and shape | 19 (58) | |
Uncertainty and data | 21 (52) | |
Situation and context | Occupational | 20 (65) |
Personal | 13 (85) | |
Scientific | 22 (59) | |
Societal | 28 (46) | |
Process | Employing mathematical concepts, facts and procedures | 36 (61) |
Formulating situations mathematically | 24 (58) | |
Interpreting, applying and evaluating mathematical outcomes | 23 (61) |
Reading—Facet | Category | N items = 103 (% invariant items) |
|---|---|---|
Situation | Educational | 30 (63) |
Occupational | 20 (65) | |
Personal | 29 (55) | |
Public | 24 (71) | |
Text format | Continuous | 62 (66) |
Mixed | 7 (57) | |
Multiple | 3 (33) | |
Non-continuous | 31 (61) | |
Aspect | Access and retrieve | 26 (54) |
Integrate and interpret | 53 (60) | |
Reflect and evaluate | 24 (79) |
Science—Facet | Category | N items = 85 (% invariant items) |
|---|---|---|
Context 1 | Global | 17 (59) |
Local/National | 58 (74) | |
Personal | 10 (80) | |
Context 2 | Environmental quality | 11 (64) |
Frontiers | 31 (71) | |
Hazards | 9 (67) | |
Health and disease | 15 (87) | |
Natural resources | 19 (68) | |
System | Earth and space | 18 (67) |
Living | 39 (74) | |
Physical | 28 (71) | |
Competency | Evaluate and design scientific enquiry | 16 (75) |
Explain phenomena scientifically | 41 (73) | |
Interpret data and evidence scientifically | 28 (68) | |
Knowledge | Content | 51 (71) |
Epistemic | 10 (80%) | |
Procedural | 24 (71%) | |
Depth of knowledge | Low | 30 (63%) |
Medium | 48 (73%) | |
High | 7 (100%) |