Longitudinal Study on Expression Based on the Scientific and Logical Thinking

为了探究新课程中重要的思考能力和表达能力的实际情况，对TIMSS的数据进行了详细的分析。与知识领域和应用领域相比，日本中小学生推理领域问题的平均正确率有所提高，从最新的TIMSS2011数据分析中可以看出，日本中小学生推理领域问题的平均正确率比四年前有所提高。因此，从国际比较研究的结果来看，可以说日本中小学生的思考伴随推理能力得到了提高。另一方面，论述类问题的正确率也高于国际平均水平，特别是初中生的自我表达能力得到了提高。

In order to explore the actual condition of the ability to think and express oneself which are important in the new course of study, the data of TIMSS was analyzed in detail. The average percentage of correct answers of the reasoning domain problems among Japanese elementary and lower secondary school students became high compared with the knowledge domain and application domain, and it was cleared that the score was high rather than four years ago from the data analysis of newest TIMSS2011. Therefore, it can be said that the ability to think accompanied by reasoning of Japanese elementary and lower secondary school students was improved from the result of the international comparison study. On the other hand, the percentage of correct answers of the essay-type question was also higher than the international average, and especially the ability to express oneself in the lower secondary school students was improved.