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Archived webinar - "PISA 2015 Results (Volume V) - Collaborative Problem Solving"

with Andreas Schleicher - Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills (November 21, 2017)

PISA in Focus No. 78 - Collaborative problem solving

This month’s PISA in Focus provides an overview of the assessment’s results and shows that collaborative problem-solving performance is positively related to performance in the core PISA subjects (science, reading and mathematics). The results also show, among other findings, that girls perform significantly better than boys in collaborative problem solving in every country and economy that participated in the assessment.

Are school systems ready to develop students’ social skills? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Successes and failures in the classroom will increasingly shape the fortunes of countries. And yet, more of the same education will only produce more of the same strengths and weaknesses.

PISA 2015 Results (Volume V) - Collaborative Problem Solving

Les filles surpassent les garçons en matière de résolution de problèmes collaborative, selon une nouvelle enquête PISA de l'OCDE sur l’éducation dans le monde

Il ressort de la première évaluation PISA de l'OCDE portant sur les compétences collaboratives en résolution de problèmes que les filles ont de bien meilleurs résultats que les garçons lorsqu’il s’agit de travailler ensemble pour résoudre un problème.

How much will the literacy level of working-age people change from now to 2022? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Taken as a whole, the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) present a mixed picture for Korea and Singapore. As their economies have grown, these two countries’ education systems have seen fast and impressive improvements; both now rank among PISA’s top performers.

Is the growth of international student mobility coming to a halt? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Higher education is one of the most globally integrated systems of the modern world. There still are important barriers to the international recognition of degrees or the transfer of credits, but some of the basic features of higher education enjoy global convergence and collaboration.

Is free higher education fair? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies and, despite the significant increase the UK has seen in university graduation over the last decade, the earnings of workers with a Master’s degree remain over 80% higher than those of workers with just five good GCSEs or an equivalent vocational qualification.

Register for the webinar - PISA 2015 Results (Volume V): Collaborative Problem Solving (Tuesday, 21 November,16:00 Paris time)

The assessment examines students’ ability to work with two or more people to try to solve a problem. The report highlights how students’ gender, socio-economic status and immigrant background are related to their performance in the assessment and to their attitudes towards collaboration in general.