ABSTRACT

Finland is known for its high-performing educational system, but local assessments have shown that performance has declined during the past decade. We report the results of nationally representative learning to learn assessments in which 15-year-olds took an identical test in the same schools in 2001, 2012 and 2017. The results show that the level of both domain-general cognitive performance and learning-related beliefs dropped dramatically from 2001 to 2012, but the negative trend has stopped since then. For learning-related beliefs, the 2017 results were approaching the 2001 baseline level. The findings indicate that we may not be dealing with a true anti-Flynn effect, but the decline can possibly be explained by reduced motivation and effort in low-stakes assessment and schoolwork.

摘要

芬兰以其高绩效的教育体系而闻名，但当地的评估表明，过去十年的表现有所下降。我们报告了 2001 年、2012 年和 2017 年 15 岁学生在同一所学校参加相同考试的全国代表性学习评估结果。结果表明，领域一般认知表现和学习相关的水平从 2001 年到 2012 年，信仰急剧下降，但此后负面趋势已经停止。对于与学习相关的信念，2017 年的结果接近 2001 年的基线水平。研究结果表明，我们可能没有处理真正的反弗林效应，但这种下降可能是由于在低风险评估和学业中的动力和努力减少所致。