Mathematics And Science In The Eighth Grade Findings From The Third International Mathematics And Science Study Ed445920 Us Department Of Education
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Mathematics and Science in the Eighth Grade
Author | : Patrick Andrew Gonzales |
Publisher | : Education Department |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
Pursuing Excellence
Author | : Lois Peak |
Publisher | : Department of Education |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Third International Mathematics and Science Study
Author | : Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Mathematical ability |
ISBN | : |
Science Achievement in the Middle School Years
Author | : Albert E. Beaton |
Publisher | : International Study Center Lynch School of Educatio College |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study is the largest and most ambitious study ever undertaken by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Forty-five countries collected data in more than 30 languages. Five grade levels were tested in the two subject areas. This report describes the science achievement of seventh and eighth graders, emphasizing the results from the eighth-grade assessment. Results are presented for the 41 countries that completed all the steps necessary to appear in this report. Singapore was the top performing country at both grade levels, with Colombia, Kuwait, and South Africa performing at the lowest levels. Perhaps the most striking finding was the large difference in average achievement between the top-performing and bottom-performing countries. Results provided a chain of overlapping countries, with most countries having an average achievement similar to that of a cluster of others, but with large differences between the top and bottom of the chain. In most countries and internationally, boys outperformed girls at both grade levels. The majority of eighth graders in nearly every country indicated that they liked science, but not all students had positive feelings about the subject. Home factors were strongly related to achievement in every participating country, but relationships between science achievement and instructional practices were less clear within and across countries. Six appendixes present information on study methodology and selected achievement results for some countries. (Contains 61 tables, 23 appendix tables, 19 figures, and 1 appendix figure.) (SLD)
Pursuing Excellence
Author | : Patrick Andrew Gonzales |
Publisher | : Education Department |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Academic achievement |
ISBN | : 9780160507489 |
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is one of the most comprehensive international studies of schooling and students' achievement in science and mathematics. TIMSS was originally conducted in 1995. Four years later in 1999, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS-R) was conducted. This document presents information on how U.S. eighth grade students performed in both studies and questions whether there have been any significant changes in achievement from an international perspective. Contents are divided into four chapters. Chapter 1 explains the importance of international comparison in education and the reasons for repeating TIMSS, identifies questions used and participating countries, discusses how the research was conducted, and presents the organization of the report. Chapter 2 discusses the mathematics and science achievement of the eighth grade students and presents student scores in both studies. Chapter 3 reviews issues related to curriculum and teaching, confidence levels of teachers, professional development, peer cooperation and classroom practices, and activities. Chapter 4 presents questions raised by the results of this report. (YDS)
A Profile of American Eighth-grade Mathematics and Science Instruction
Author | : Laura Horn |
Publisher | : Claitor's Pub Division |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is the third in a series of longitudinal studies sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. This report profiles the mathematics and science instruction received by eighth graders (11,414 surveyed in mathematics and 10,686 in science) in public and private schools in 1988 and proposes to trace the participants into the 10th and 12th grades. A preface lists highlighted findings, tables, and figures included in the document. The body of the report consists of five chapters. Chapter I discusses the purpose and format of the report and limitations of the study. Chapters II and III examine the relationship of various aspects of mathematics and science instruction to students' socioeconomic status and race-ethnicity and type of school attended. Among the aspects examined were the major topics taught, average class size, hours per week attended, allocation of class time, assigned homework, availability of instructional materials, student attitudes toward mathematics and science, and teacher characteristics and qualifications. Chapter IV examines mathematics and science achievement test scores in relation to the various components of instruction measured in the study. Chapter V provides a descriptive profile of the mathematics curriculum, the science curriculum, teacher characteristics and qualifications, classroom characteristics, school type differences, and students' opportunity to learn based on the findings. Appendices that describe the methodology employed and standard errors of estimates reported in tables and figures in the text are provided. (MDH)