Psychometric characteristic of scientific literacy test among primary school pupils

Abstract

Scientific literacy is a term which is often mentioned in the context of contemporary problems and in the current society in general. The main aims of the research was to determine psychometric characteristics of scientific literacy test and to find out the literacy level in natural sciences of 8 and 9 grades pupil and whether it was possible to use a test tool composed from published TIMSS 2019 tasks. Primary-school pupils from 8 and 9 grades (n = 112) participated in the research. The test tool composed of 12 tasks which had been included in the TIMSS 2019 assessment. Descriptive and inductive statistical methods were used for data analysis. From the statistical perspective, 9-grade pupils were more successful than 8-grade pupils. From the gender perspective, boys were statistically more successful. The study ends by suggesting options for further research and application in educational practice.