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

Table 9

Students’ performances in terms of mean of percentage of correctness related to items categorized into the emphasis scientific skill development.

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	24.70	18.20	19.10	48.30
131Q04	2003	26.12	15.93	33.10	40.26
	2006	31.11	24.56	33.15	45.44
Diff		+6.41 *	—	+14.05 *	—
	2000	40.30	43.20	35.90	53.80
213Q01	2003	41.98	47.18	42.59	59.25
	2006	47.86	50.54	48.51	67.88
Diff		+7.56 *	+7.34 *	+12.61 *	+14.08 *
	2000	73.60	71.70	77.90	80.20
268Q01	2003	71.30	71.03	75.94	83.53
	2006	72.48	71.37	76.60	85.10
Diff		—	—	—	+4.90 *