An International Comparison of Mathematics Achievement: Focusing on International Educational Survey

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26885120
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Miyazaki International College
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Koji 宮崎国際大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (30736343)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: PISA / SACMEQ / 国際比較 / 途上国 / 数学学力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the characteristics of some developed countries including Japan and developing counties. The results of the analysis of SACMEQ data indicate that there is a positive correlation not only between mathematics and reading achievement level but also between mathematics achievement level and the size of regression coefficient in different counties and between item discrimination of difficult items and the size of regression coefficient in different countries. In the result of the analysis of PISA data, in the countries have gotten higher level mathematics literacy, the students’ mathematics and reading performance are more related domestically than in lower performed countries. In addition, the differences of the level of reading literacy test score in higher performed mathematics literacy countries come to a head markedly on a particular item.

Free Research Field

数学教育