PISA 2012 results

Untitled. said:

I think the term intelligence is rather vague and can be interpreted somewhat freely.

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Pillock said:

Give me a wise and toothless simpleton over a cold, unfeeling mathematician any day.

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Mage246 said:

And is the simpleton truly wise, or is his wisdom simply an illusion? If he lacks the wits to make an informed decision on life, any insights he might appear to have are just random coincidence.

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RaVeN said:

Finally, don't ask me why PISA has tested three different Chinese cities (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macao) instead of using a single total score for the entire nation, LIKE EVERY OTHER NATION TESTED.

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The education system in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Macau are different from one another. Also, two of these cities have higher population than some of the countries on the list. So it is reasonable to measure it this way.

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The maths skills of teenagers in parts of the deep south of the United States are worse than in countries such as Turkey and barely above countries such as Chile and Mexico.

The study also shows that privileged youngsters in the US, with highly-educated parents, are lagging behind similar youngsters in other developed countries.

This analysis, from academics at Harvard and Stanford in the US and Munich University in Germany, punctures the idea that middle-class US pupils are high achievers.

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