A PISA-2015 Comparative Meta-Analysis between Singapore and Finland: Relations of Students’ Interest in Science, Perceived ICT Competence, and Environmental Awareness and Optimism

Lin, Pei-Yi; Chai, Ching Sing; Jong, Morris Siu-Yung

doi:10.3390/ijerph16245157

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A PISA-2015 Comparative Meta-Analysis between Singapore and Finland: Relations of Students’ Interest in Science, Perceived ICT Competence, and Environmental Awareness and Optimism

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Pei-Yi Lin

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Ching Sing Chai

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Morris Siu-Yung Jong

Department of Curriculum and Instruction & Centre for Learning Sciences and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(24), 5157; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245157

Submission received: 6 November 2019 / Revised: 8 December 2019 / Accepted: 12 December 2019 / Published: 17 December 2019

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rethinking Work in the Digital Era to Protect the Environment and Promote Health)

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The aim of the present study is twofold: (1) to identify a factor structure between variables-interest in broad science topics, perceived information and communications technology (ICT) competence, environmental awareness and optimism; and (2) to explore the relations between these variables at the country level. The first part of the aim is addressed using exploratory factor analysis with data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 15-year-old students from Singapore and Finland. The results show that a comparable structure with four factors was verified in both countries. Correlation analyses and linear regression were used to address the second part of the aim. The results show that adolescents’ interest in broad science topics can predict perceived ICT competence. Their interest in broad science topics and perceived ICT competence can predict environmental awareness in both countries. However, there is difference in predicting environmental optimism. Singaporean students’ interest in broad science topics and their perceived ICT competences are positive predictors, whereas environmental awareness is a negative predictor. Finnish students’ environmental awareness negatively predicted environmental optimism.

Keywords: science interest; ICT competence; environmental awareness; environmental optimism; PISA

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Lin, P.-Y.; Chai, C.S.; Jong, M.S.-Y. A PISA-2015 Comparative Meta-Analysis between Singapore and Finland: Relations of Students’ Interest in Science, Perceived ICT Competence, and Environmental Awareness and Optimism. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 5157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245157

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Lin P-Y, Chai CS, Jong MS-Y. A PISA-2015 Comparative Meta-Analysis between Singapore and Finland: Relations of Students’ Interest in Science, Perceived ICT Competence, and Environmental Awareness and Optimism. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(24):5157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245157

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Lin, Pei-Yi, Ching Sing Chai, and Morris Siu-Yung Jong. 2019. "A PISA-2015 Comparative Meta-Analysis between Singapore and Finland: Relations of Students’ Interest in Science, Perceived ICT Competence, and Environmental Awareness and Optimism" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 24: 5157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245157

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Lin, P.-Y., Chai, C. S., & Jong, M. S.-Y. (2019). A PISA-2015 Comparative Meta-Analysis between Singapore and Finland: Relations of Students’ Interest in Science, Perceived ICT Competence, and Environmental Awareness and Optimism. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(24), 5157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245157

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