香港中學生在學生能力國際評估計劃2012 的 解難能力表現及其對教學的啟示

Hong Kong Secondary Students’ Performance in PISA 2012 Problem-solving Competence and Its Pedagogical Implications

解難能力是 2012 年學生能力國際評估計劃（Programme for International Student Assessment，下稱PISA）的其中一項評估範疇。全球44 個國家及地區的15 歲學生 參加這項國際評估。香港有2，714 名學生參與這項評估，並取得平均540 分的佳績， 在參與國家及地區中排名第4。本文根據PISA 2012 的解難能力評估架構和數據， 分析香港學生在解難能力的表現，並探討這些表現為香港的教育政策及前缐教學人員 帶來甚麼啟示。

Problem solving is one of the domains being assessed in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012. Fifteen-year-old students from 44 countries/economies participated in PISA 2012. In Hong Kong， 2，714 students participated and performed well in the problem-solving assessment， with the average score of 540 and the fourth rank. This article overviews the characteristics of the PISA 2012 problem-solving framework and summarizes the data of Hong Kong students’ problem-solving competences in PISA 2012. Pedagogical implications of these findings on enhancing students’ problem-solving competences are discussed.