International Assessment of Students' Achievement in Technological Literacy

1.为了评估日本、韩国和美国等三个工业化国家的年轻人在当代高科技社会中应对现实生活挑战的技术素养，制定了一个新的框架和测试项目。2.利用这些框架和测试项目，于2005年5月和6月对日本8年级和11年级学生以及参加大学技术教师教育项目的一年级学生进行了评估，结果如下：(1)总平均答对率为38.7%=8年级，50.8%=11年级，61.8%=大一年级。(2)最后一项低于8年级和11年级各年级前四分之一的平均百分比。(3)性别差异随着年级的提高而逐渐显著。(4)高中工农专业学生在技术素养量表上的平均成绩高于高中学业专业学生。

1.A new framework and test items were developed in order to assess young people's technological literacy to meet real life challenges in the contemporary high-technological society in three industrialized countries, which included Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States of America.2.Using them, the assessments of Japanese eighth and eleventh grade students took place in January and February, and of the freshman grade students who enrolled in the university-based technology teacher education programs, in May and June, 2005.3.The results were as follows ;(1)The total mean percentages of correct answers ware 38.7%=the eighth grade, 50.8%=the eleventh grade, and 61.8% = the freshman grade.(2)The last was lower than the mean percentages of each top quarter of the eighth and eleventh grades students.(3)The results were indicative of the gender differences which gradually became remarkable according to the promotion of school grades.(4)It appeared that the mean performances of the high school industrial and agricultural programs students on the technological literacy scale was higher than of the high school academic program students.