The OECD released the results of its 2012 Program for International Student Assessment,

OECD(經濟合作與發展組織) 發表2012年國際學生能力評量(或稱PISA) 計劃的結果

or PISA, which surveyed about 85-thousand 15-year-olds from 44 countries, including

PISA測試了44個國家總共八萬五千名15歲的學生

member nations of the OECD.

其中也包含了OECD的會員國

Korean students scored an average of 5-hundred-61 points on the computer-based problem solving

韓國學生在線上測驗中得到561分的平均分數

section. That's just one point behind Singapore,

只輸了新加坡一分

putting the island nation and Korea "first-second" in the assessment, and well above the OECD

在島國國家中 韓國被列為"第一到第二名" 同時也比OECD的平均分數500分高

average of 5-hundred points. Asian countries dominated the rankings.

在亞洲國家中的排名占有明顯的優勢

Japan came in third place, followed by Macao and Hong Kong respectively.

日本則是第三名 之後第四第五名分別是澳門和香港

Considering the margin of error, the results are referred to in scopes such as "first-second" when there is no significant difference in the scores.

考量到誤差幅度 當韓國和新加坡平均測量成績沒有明顯的差異時 將兩國同樣列為"第一到第二名"

It was PISA's first assessment of creative problem-solving skills in students

這是PISA第一次對學生創意性解題能力的施測

in terms of confronting problems that are encountered in everyday life.

根據面臨這些我們可能每天都會遭遇到的問題

It looks at whether they have acquired the key knowledge and skills needed for full participation in modern society.

重點是 是否能獲得生活在現今社會中 所需的關鍵知識和能力

The percentage of Korean students that scored a rank of level five or above, out of a

將韓國學生的實測成績分為六個等級 五級以上和六級以下的比例製成百分比

scale of 6, stood at over 27 percent. That led the OECD countries by a large margin.

前者占百分比27以上 這導致OECD會員國的實測成績有著極大的落差

As for gender, male students scored 13 points higher than their female counterparts.

以性別比來說 男學生的平均成績比女學生的(平均成績)高出13分

The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation said that the findings reaffirm the strong

韓國課程與教育協會 指出此項發現再次證明

competitiveness of Korean students against their overseas peers when it comes to creative

當談到創意性解題能力時 韓國學生擁有強韌的競爭力與海外的同儕匹敵

problem solving. Connie Kim, Arirang News.

記者金康妮 阿里郎電視台報導