2015．第43卷第1期（Vol. 43 No. 1）．pp. 85–101
香港中學生在學生能力國際評估計劃2012的解難能力表現及其對教學的啟示
Hong Kong Secondary Students’ Performance in PISA 2012 Problem-solving Competence and Its Pedagogical Implications
張錦華、謝志成（Kam-Wah CHEUNG & Chi-Shing TSE）
摘要
解難能力是2012年學生能力國際評估計劃（Programme for International Student Assessment，下稱PISA）的其中一項評估範疇。全球44個國家及地區的15歲學生參加這項國際評估。香港有2,714名學生參與這項評估，並取得平均540分的佳績，在參與國家及地區中排名第4。本文根據PISA 2012的解難能力評估架構和數據，分析香港學生在解難能力的表現，並探討這些表現為香港的教育政策及前缐教學人員帶來甚麼啟示。
關鍵詞：香港；學生能力國際評估計劃；解難能力；教學
Abstract
Problem solving is one of the domains being assessed in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012. Fifteen-year-old students from 44 countries/economies participated in PISA 2012. In Hong Kong, 2,714 students participated and performed well in the problem-solving assessment, with the average score of 540 and the fourth rank. This article overviews the characteristics of the PISA 2012 problem-solving framework and summarizes the data of Hong Kong students’ problem-solving competences in PISA 2012. Pedagogical implications of these findings on enhancing students’ problem-solving competences are discussed.
Keywords: Hong Kong; Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); problem-solving competence; pedagogy