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components of positive youth development among native students ...
described them. Students answered on a 5-point Likert scale (very much
like me; mostly like me; somewhat like me; not much like me; not at all
like me).
Awareness of intercultural communication. The students were asked
to imagine themselves in a situation where they are talking in their native
language to people whose native language is different from theirs. They
were then asked to what extent they agreed with the statements on their
observations and monitoring of the conversation (e.g. observing the re-
actions, checking the understanding, giving concrete examples), on how
careful they are while expressing their meanings (e.g. listening careful-
ly, choosing words carefully) and on the success of their management of
communication breakdowns (e.g. using other means of communication
when a problem with communication arises). Students answered a sev-
en-item question on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree;
agree; strongly agree).
Procedure
PISA uses a two-stage stratified sampling design. In Slovenia, in the first
stage all schools and educational programmes with 15-year-old students
enrolled are included by default and thus 302 secondary education insti-
tutions, 43 basic school institutions and 2 adult education intuitions were
sampled (Pedagoški inštitut, 2019).
In the second stage, around 42 15-year-old students within each
school included were sampled. Students within the school were sampled
with equal probability from the list of all eligible students at school. When
there were fewer than 42 eligible students at a school, all 15-year-old stu-
dents at the school were sampled. These sampling procedures ensured the
representativeness of the test population. It took approximately 35 minutes
for students to respond to the student background questionnaire (OECD,
forthcoming-b).
Ethical review and approval was not required since public databases of
the PISA 2018 assessment were used in the study. Written informed consent
to participate in the study was provided by the participants’ legal guardians
or next of kin. Data collection for OECD-PISA studies is the responsibility
of governments in the participating countries.
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described them. Students answered on a 5-point Likert scale (very much
like me; mostly like me; somewhat like me; not much like me; not at all
like me).
Awareness of intercultural communication. The students were asked
to imagine themselves in a situation where they are talking in their native
language to people whose native language is different from theirs. They
were then asked to what extent they agreed with the statements on their
observations and monitoring of the conversation (e.g. observing the re-
actions, checking the understanding, giving concrete examples), on how
careful they are while expressing their meanings (e.g. listening careful-
ly, choosing words carefully) and on the success of their management of
communication breakdowns (e.g. using other means of communication
when a problem with communication arises). Students answered a sev-
en-item question on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree; disagree;
agree; strongly agree).
Procedure
PISA uses a two-stage stratified sampling design. In Slovenia, in the first
stage all schools and educational programmes with 15-year-old students
enrolled are included by default and thus 302 secondary education insti-
tutions, 43 basic school institutions and 2 adult education intuitions were
sampled (Pedagoški inštitut, 2019).
In the second stage, around 42 15-year-old students within each
school included were sampled. Students within the school were sampled
with equal probability from the list of all eligible students at school. When
there were fewer than 42 eligible students at a school, all 15-year-old stu-
dents at the school were sampled. These sampling procedures ensured the
representativeness of the test population. It took approximately 35 minutes
for students to respond to the student background questionnaire (OECD,
forthcoming-b).
Ethical review and approval was not required since public databases of
the PISA 2018 assessment were used in the study. Written informed consent
to participate in the study was provided by the participants’ legal guardians
or next of kin. Data collection for OECD-PISA studies is the responsibility
of governments in the participating countries.
163
