The survey of adult skills : reader's companion

The survey of adult skills reader's companion

This edition of the Reader's Companion accompanies Skills Matter: Additional Results from the Survey of Adult Skills that reports the results from the 39 countries and regions that participated in the 3 rounds of data collection in the first cycle of PIAAC, with a particular focus on the 6 coun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development [2019]
Edición:Third edition
Colección:OECD skills studies.
Materias:
Functional literacy.
Life skills.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704797706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • What is measured?
  • Aspects of the design and implementation of the survey
  • How results are reported
  • How the survey relates to other work on measuring and assessing skills and human capital
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 1. What the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) measures
  • Some major features of the assessment
  • An assessment of key information-processing competencies
  • A use-oriented conception of competency
  • Proficiency as a continuum
  • The importance of contextual information Box 1.1 Competencies or skills?
  • An overview of literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments
  • Table 1.1 Summary of assessment domains in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
  • Literacy
  • Definition
  • Content
  • Cognitive strategies
  • Contexts
  • Distribution of test items by task characteristics
  • Table 1.2 Distribution of literacy items by medium
  • Table 1.3 Distribution of literacy items by context
  • Table 1.4 Distribution of literacy items by cognitive strategy
  • Literacy sample items
  • Reading components
  • Examples of reading component items
  • Numeracy Definition
  • Content
  • Representations of mathematical information
  • Cognitive strategies
  • Contexts
  • Distribution of test items by task characteristics
  • Table 1.5 Distribution of numeracy items by response type
  • Table 1.6 Distribution of numeracy items by context
  • Table 1.7 Distribution of numeracy items by mathematical content
  • Numeracy sample items
  • Problem solving in technology-rich environments
  • Definition
  • Content
  • Cognitive strategies
  • Contexts
  • Distribution of test items by task characteristics Table 1.8 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by cognitive dimensions
  • Table 1.9 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by technology dimensions
  • Table 1.10 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by context
  • Table 1.11 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by intrinsic complexity (number of steps)
  • Table 1.12 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by intrinsic complexity (number of constraints)
  • Table 1.13 Distribution of problem-solving tasks by explicitness of problem statement
  • Problem-solving sample item
  • Notes
  • References Chapter 2. The background questionnaire of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
  • The characteristics and background of respondents
  • Table 2.1 Data collected concerning the characteristics and background of respondents
  • Educational attainment and participation in learning activities
  • Table 2.2 Information collected regarding educational experience and current participation in learning activities
  • Labour force status, work history and job characteristics
  • Table 2.3 Information collected regarding labour force status, work history and job characteristics
  • Social participation and health.

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