Research On PISA Mathematics Literacy Assessment And Its Implication For Primary Mathematics Teaching In China

The development of mathematical core literacy is one of the hot topics of mathematics education in the world today,and it is also an important content of mathematics curriculum reform in basic education in China.Since the concept of "core literacy" was put forward by the Ministry of Education in 2014,mathematicians and maths teachers have carried out research on the core literacy of primary mathematics in China.Recently more and more studies focus on compilation of math textbooks,evaluation of math curriculum,construction of math curriculum system and measures for developing primary mathematical core literacy.Through literature research and text analysis,this study analyzed the mathematical samples published on PISA's official website from 2003 to 2015 from four dimensions: situation,content,ability and process.It was found that PISA's mathematical literacy test was based on four kinds of real situations: personal,public,educational,vocational and scientific.It examined students' changes and relationships,quantity,uncertainty and data.Solutions in four categories of mathematical content: space and shape.Problem solving mainly involves three mathematical processes: expression,application and interpretation.In the process of solving problems,students' eight mathematical abilities can be effectively developed: mathematical thinking and reasoning,mathematical argumentation,mathematical modeling,problem solving,reproduction,mathematical symbolization and formulization,mathematical communication and the ability to use auxiliary tools.Finally,analyse the situation presentation,content selection and development ability in PISA math tests,we can draw lessons from PISA mathematics literacy test,and implication to the development of primary school mathematical core literacy in our country: experiencing the process of "mathematicization" in real situation,improving the proportion of "change and relationship" in textbooks,and realizing the effective transformation and endowment of irregular graphics in "space and graphics"."Quantity" vitality.Understanding "uncertainty" in random events and setting up open tasks to develop multiple mathematical abilities.