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What lessons can researchers learn from the 15 year old girls who outperformed boys in collaborative problem solving in every country around the world, according to the new study by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris?
In CM Rubin’s interview with Andreas Schleicher, director for the directorate of education and skills at the OECD, he notes: “Girls show more positive attitudes towards relationships, meaning that they tend to be more interested in others’ opinions and want others to succeed.”
Schleicher also notes that “strong academic skills will not automatically also lead to strong social skills. Part of the answer
lies in giving pupils more ownership over the time, place, path,
pace, and interactions of their learning.
“Another part of the answer can lie in fostering more positive relationships at school and designing learning environments that benefit students’ collaborative problem-solving skills and their attitudes towards collaboration.”
The first assessment of collaborative problem solving skills aims to help countries and economies
see where their pupils stand in relation to their peers in other education systems.
Pupils in 52 countries completed this test in addition to the main OECD Pisa 2015 Survey
on Science, Mathematics and
Reading.
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