Didactical Modeling, Vol. 7, pp. 1-20

ON THE TRANSFERABILITY OF MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS FOR MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Borislav Lazarov
 Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
lazarov@math.bas.bg

Abstract  

The study presents the author’s viewpoint on the possibility to evaluate adequately the students’ knowledge and skills in mathematics via the PISA and TIMSS assessment procedures. A comparative study of the constructs key-competences, mathematical literacy and numeracy, adopted by the Bulgarian legislation, OECD and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, respectively, is done. Two examples illustrates the conceptual differences between the math style that takes place in the Bulgarian secondary school and the one adopted by PISA&TIMSS. An ontological distance is designed to evaluate these differences in a quantative way.

Keywords: assessment of math knowledge-skills-attitude, transferability of math knowledgeskills-attitude, synthetic competence

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