Exploring Epistemological Trends in Students’ Understanding of Science from the Perspective of Large-Scale Studies

Table 6

Students’ performances in terms of mean of percentage of correctness related to items categorized into the emphasis structure of science.

Item	Year	OECD	Den	Swe	Fin
	2000	57.30	55.20	61.60	61.80
114Q03	2003	54.02	57.34	61.59	64.44
	2006	53.94	55.78	54.83	66.63
Diff		−3.36*	—	−6.77*	+4.83 *
	2000	39.50	37.70	40.50	49.10
114Q04	2003	35.99	33.98	40.13	44.53
	2006	34.47	34.62	29.91	47.64
Diff		−5.03*	—	−10.59*	—
	2000	24.80	21.40	16.50	31.40
114Q05	2003	22.26	16.57	24.04	30.77
	2006	18.89	14.75	17.31	32.43
Diff		−5.91*	−6.65*	—	—
	2000	40.40	37.70	34.80	50.60
268Q02	2003	37.08	30.52	26.71	51.75
	2006	36.17	37.16	25.52	47.53
Diff		−4.23*	—	−9.28*	—