Session Information
09 SES 04 A, Findings from International Comparative Achievement Studies: Relationships in Mathematics and Science Performance
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Contribution
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study of student achievement. TIMSS is used to measure the mathematics and science knowledge and skills of 4th- and 8th-graders over time. The results, therefore, suggest the degree to which students have learned mathematics and science concepts and skills likely to have been taught in school. TIMSS also collects background information on students, teachers, schools, curricula, and official education policies to allow cross-national comparison of educational contexts that may be related to student achievement (Provasnik, S., Kastberg, D., Ferraro, D., Lemanski, N., Roey, S. & Jenkins, F., 2012). Science achievement can be affected by so many interacting variables. These variables affecting students’ achievement may be related to the test material or environmental factors as well as to the personal characteristics of testee (Papanastasiou, 2000).
The purpose of the study is to investigate how well the science achievement is explained by the students and school related factors at 4th and 8th grade level. Also, to what extent students and school related factors components are accounted for students’ science achievement in answering reasoning level questions and basic science knowledge questions will be investigated. Student questionnaires and school questionnaires will be investigated for this study.
As teachers, school principals, policy makers; there is a unique aim in education; which is to develop students' science achievement. Therefore, analyzing the factors affecting students' science achievement and understanding the relationship between these variables may be the start point to take required precautions in the process of enhancing students' science achievement.
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References
Joncas, M. (2012). Methods and Procedures TIMSS 2011 Target Population Sizes. TIMSS & PIRLS International Student Center. Washington, DC. Papanastasiou, C. (2000). Internal and external factors affecting achievement in mathematics: Some findings from TIMSS. Studies in Educational Evaluation 26, 1-7. Provasnik, S., Kastberg, D., Ferraro, D., Lemanski, N., Roey, S., and Jenkins, F. (2012). Highlights From TIMSS 2011: Mathematics and Science Achievement of U.S. Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students in an International Context (NCES 2013-009). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
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