When comparing student achievement across countries, it is important that the comparisons be as “fair” as possible. TIMSS has worked towards this goal in a number of ways, including providing detailed procedures for standardizing the population definitions, sampling, test translations, test administration, scoring, and database formation. Developing the TIMSS tests involved the interaction of e...

The main objective of this thesis was to explore issues related to student achievement motivation in the Swedish TIMSS 2003 (Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study) context. The thesis comprises of five empirical papers and a summary. The expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation was used as the general theoretical framework in all empirical papers, and all papers are conc...

The study aimed to analyze the content of developed science book (Collins) for fourth grade in Jordan light requirements (TIMSS, 2019) analysis card was designed list international project 2019), and ensure its validity stability. results concluded is consistent terms percentages main areas with (TIMSS-2019), where were distributed that reached (47.5%) field biology, while this area mentioned s...

Background The recent move by Norway to shift its tested population on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 from grade 4 to grade 5 and from grade 8 to grade 9 might seem a bit surprising. Since most of the participating countries test their eighth-grade pupils, why does Norway want its tested population to be out-ofgrade? Norway justifies this move by noting t...

Problem Statement: The interest in raising levels of achievement in math and science has led to a focus on investigating the factors that shape achievement in these subjects. Understanding how different learning styles might influence science achievement may guide educators in their efforts to raise achievement. This study is an attempt to examine primary school students’ science performance on...

A large strand of literature within different social sciences of education deals with the effects of school size on student achievement. Much of the existing research seems to indicate that up to a point, small school size is associated with higher student achievement, with optimal school sizes of some 600-900 students. However, evidence is mostly confined to the United States. Using TIMSS data...

UNLABELLED This article describes the education quality control systems (for mathematics) used by those countries that performed best on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Enforced quality control measures are defined as "decision points"--where adherence to the curriculum and instruction system can be reinforced. Most decision points involve stakes for the student, ...

This special issue focuses on national findings and analyses from five Western European countries that participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is an international, comparative study designed to provide policy makers, educators, researchers, and practitioners with information about mathematics and science achievement and its learning contexts in order...

The aim of this study is to explore student, classroom and school factors behind mathematics achievement of the Finnish secondary school students. What are the background factors most strongly related to achievement in Finnish educational context, and what are the changes in the explanatory models between TIMSS 1999 and TIMSS 2011? The conceptual framework for this study is based upon the IEA t...