Farkli Madde Türleri̇ne Göre Fen Okuryazarliğinin İncelenmesi̇: Pisa 2015 Türki̇ye Örneği̇

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to reveal the psychometric properties of the items in the cognitive test of PISA 2015 assessing scientific literacy according to different item types and to examine scientific literacy in relation to different independent variables. In the sample of PISA 2015 Turkey, 175 students from 5895 students were included in the study with the aim of researching. Descriptive statistics and various hypothesis tests were used to obtain the findings of the research. When scientific literacy and item difficulty averages for all three item types were examined, students with a high level of scientific literacy level were more successful at responding to constructed response (CR) items, while students with a low level of scientific literacy were more successful at answering multiple choice (MC) items. Male students were more successful than female students in responding to MC and complex multiple choice (CMC) items, while female students were more successful than male students in answering CR items. It was found that students with a high level of economic, social and cultural status were more successful than those with a low level of economic, social and cultural status.