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- Title
Are students in Italy really disinterested in science? A person‐centered approach using the PISA 2015 data.
- Authors
Radišić, Jelena; Selleri, Patrizia; Carugati, Felice; Baucal, Aleksandar
- Abstract
Seen as one of the essential domains for active citizenship, examining how students relate to science has become crucial. Based on a person‐centered approach, this article investigates self‐related dispositions and motivation in science using the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data set. By employing a latent profile analysis, student profiles were investigated among 11,583 15‐year‐old‐students in Italy. Five distinct student groups were identified. The index of economic, social, and cultural status (ESCS), immigrant background, gender, study programs, and the accompanying learning environment were also inspected. Each group was observed against particular subdomains in science competence in line with the PISA framework and environmental awareness. The results indicate the profiles differed on the examined covariates and showed distinct patterns relative to achievement and environmental awareness. However, differences in achievement between the profiles could not be explained by students' variability in immigrant background or ESCS across the examined groups.
- Subjects
ITALY; PROGRAMME for International Student Assessment; FOREIGN students; GENDER; CLASSROOM environment; SCIENCE students; LATENT class analysis (Statistics)
- Publication
Science Education, 2021, Vol 105, Issue 2, p438
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.21611