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1. Assessing the basic skills of the highly educated in 21 OECD countries: an international benchmark study of graduates’ proficiency in literacy and numeracy using the PIAAC 2012 data.

Author

Lindberg, Matti and Silvennoinen, Heikki

Subjects
*RATING of students, *LITERACY, *NUMERACY, *ACADEMIC achievement, *ADULTS, *HIGHER education
Abstract

This study compares the literacy and numeracy proficiencies of higher education (HE) degree holders in 21 OECD countries based on primary analysis of the national data sets collected via the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012 study. The differences in the graduates’ average literacy and numeracy proficiencies amongst the OECD countries are substantial. Depending on the country, a smaller or greater proportion of a young highly educated age group does not have sufficient skills in literacy or numeracy to cope with many of the everyday tasks requiring the use of that skill. The PIAAC study challenges existing evaluation practices of the effectiveness of HE in fostering individual skills and puts into perspective the attempts to lift national average skill levels by increasing the HE sector’s intake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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2. Exploring the association between occupational complexity and numeracy

Author

Mary Genevieve Billington and Njål Foldnes

Subjects
Economics, Erwachsenenbildung, Denmark, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Task (project management), Developmental psychology, Basic skills, Japan, Belgium, cognitive ability, Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280 [VDP], Komplexität, L7-991, Bildung und Erziehung, Norwegen, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology, Belgien, utdanningsvitenskap, Polen, Norway, adult, Skills, Great Britain, Wirtschaft, Dänemark, Education (General), Vocational Training, Adult Education, occupational requirements, Italy, Rechnen, France, Psychology, Slowakei, Slovakia, Human capital theory, Italien, Südkorea, Human capital, Education, Bildungswesen quartärer Bereich, Berufsbildung, Erwachsener, ddc:370, Humankapital, Numeracy, South Korea, ddc:330, human capital, Cognitive skill, Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie, Niederlande, Occupational complexity, Association (psychology), adult education, Spanien, Operationalization, Tschechische Republik, tallforståelse, PIAAC 2012, arithmetic, Spain, Poland, complexity, Berufsanforderungen, kognitive Fähigkeit
Abstract

The basic cognitive skill of numeracy is a recognized form of human capital, associated with economic and social well being for individuals and for nations. In this study, we explore how occupational complexity relates to proficiency in numeracy, among adults in full-time employment. We operationalize occupational complexity by constructing three measures of task complexity: complexity with data, complexity with people and complexity with things. Data from the international OECD survey of adult skills, 2012, is employed to investigate both the distribution of these three dimensions of occupational task complexity and how these relate to numeracy in 13 countries. The analysis indicates that data occupational complexity predicts numeracy scores, when controlling for age, gender and educational level. The findings open for a hypothesis that occupational activities may enhance basic skills in adult populations. If elaborated and supported through further studies this finding has practical implications for workplace organization and contributes to theoretical understandings of the development of basic skills in adults.

Published
2021
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