This report describes students’ experiences of mathematics in Ireland, their feelings towards the subject, and also trends in mathematics performance, both overall and across different content areas and cognitive processes. Drawing on data from the 2022 cycle of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), collected from 15-year-old students and their school principals, various aspects related to the teaching and learning of mathematics are examined and compared with international averages for the OECD and the EU. The composition of the mathematics classroom, and the role of digital technologies, are examined along with the disciplinary climate in the mathematics classroom. Student perceptions of various teaching behaviours and their own learning strategies are explored. The report goes on to look at students’ familiarity with and exposure to various aspects of mathematics, their attitudes towards mathematics and the extent of confidence and anxiety associated with mathematics, concluding with a discussion of the key themes that emerge from the data.
The e-Appendix to this report is available: PISA 2022 Mathematics in context E-appendix.
