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2006 Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World</a> |<br>
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<div>Finland, with an average of 563 score points, was the
highest-performing country on the PISA 2006 science scale.</div>
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<div>Six other high-scoring countries had mean scores of 530 to 542
points: Canada, Japan and New Zealand and the partner
countries/economies Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei and Estonia.
Australia, the Netherlands, Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, the
Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Ireland, and the
partner countries/economies Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Macao-China
also scored above the OECD average of 500 score points.</div>
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<div>On average across OECD countries, 1.3% of 15-year-olds reached
Level 6 of the PISA 2006 science scale, the highest proficiency level.
These students could consistently identify, explain and apply
scientific knowledge, and knowledge about science, in a variety of
complex life situations. In New Zealand and Finland this figure was at
least 3.9%, three times the OECD average. In the United Kingdom,
Australia, Japan and Canada, as well as the partner countries/economies
Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Hong Kong-China, between 2 and 3% reached
Level 6.</div>
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ENSTA Paris, France
KNIS lab. Director
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
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World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups
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href="http://www.wsis-pct.org">http://www.wsis-pct.org</a> co-chair
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href="http://www.wsis-finance.org">http://www.wsis-finance.org</a> web
UNMSP project : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.unmsp.org">http://www.unmsp.org</a>
WTIS initiative: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wtis.org">http://www.wtis.org</a>
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Francis F. MUGUET KNIS/ENSTA
Pôle de Développement pour l'Information Scientifique
"Réseaux de la Connaissance et Société de l'Information"
Scientific Information Development Laboratory
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
ENSTA
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Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19 Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ensta.fr/%7Emuguet">http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet</a>
mirror <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.muguet.org">http://www.muguet.org</a>
MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mdpi.net">http://www.mdpi.net</a>
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class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:muguet@mdpi.net">muguet@mdpi.net</a>
World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups
Scientific Information : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wsis-si.org">http://www.wsis-si.org</a> chair
Patents & Copyrights : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wsis-pct.org">http://www.wsis-pct.org</a> co-chair
Financing Mechanismns : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wsis-finance.org">http://www.wsis-finance.org</a> web
UNMSP project : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.unmsp.org">http://www.unmsp.org</a>
WTIS initiative: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wtis.org">http://www.wtis.org</a>
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