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

Table 8

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

Item	Year	OECD	Den	Swe	Fin
	2000	24.70	18.20	19.10	48.30
131 Q04	2003	26.12	15.93	33.10	40.26
	2006	31.11	24.56	33.15	45.44
Diff		+6.41 *	—	+14.05 *	—
	2000	73.60	71.70	77.90	80.20
268 Q01	2003	71.30	71.03	75.94	83.53
	2006	72.48	71.37	76.60	85.10
Diff		—	—	—	+4.90 *
	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 *