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

Table 7

Students’ performances in terms of mean of percentage of correctness related to items categorized into the emphasis self as explainer.

Item	Year	OECD	Den	Swe	Fin
	2000	24.80	21.40	16.50	31.40
114 Q05	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
268 Q02	2003	37.08	30.52	26.71	51.75
	2006	36.17	37.16	25.52	47.53
Diff		−4.23*	—	−9.28*	—
	2000	57.80	60.40	57.00	52.40
268 Q06	2003	55.86	53.27	57.11	54.44
	2006	55.20	61.88	53.03	56.41
Diff		−2.60*	—	—	+4.01*