This study investigates the relationship between student achievement in science and students positive attitude towards science according to the results collected in TIMSS 2007. Four countries with some similarities and differences in the school system and science education were selected. The students’ results have a strong correlation to the index PATS in all four countries, but there are some ...

Den internationella studien Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) mäter bland annat elevers kunskap i naturvetenskap. En studie har undersökt sambandet mellan resultat och hur frågorna är uppbyggda språkligt. visar att elever behöver vara goda läsare för uppnå bra naturvetenskap på TIMSS.

Per pupil expenditures on education in the United States have grown immensely in recent decades, yet student achievement has been stagnant. An abundance of research has sought to solve this enigma, much of it centered on the incentive structure facing administrators. Some recent papers use TIMSS data to analyze the relationship between institutional arrangements—that typically do not vary withi...

Partly this noninterest in mathematical expertise reflects an attitude widespread among educators [Hi] that “facts”, and indeed all subject matter, are secondary in importance to a generalized, subject-independent teaching skill and the development of “higherorder thinking”. Concerning mathematics in particular, the study [Be] is often cited as evidence for the irrelevance of subject matter kno...

This research demonstrates the application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method in order to obtain the best fit model for a more efficient and accurate inter-relationship among variables findings and interpretation. For the purpose of this study, secondary data of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) had been used. The data were distributed by using two stage st...

the data of Taiwanese 8 grader in the 4th cycle of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are analyzed to examine the influence of the science teachers’ preference in experimental teaching on the relationships between the affective variables ( the perceived usefulness of science, ease of using science and science learning interest) and the academic achievement in science....

The Effects of 8th Graders’ Attitude, Interest, and Math Self-Concept on their Math Performance in TIMSS 2003-2015: A Trend Study*   M. Ja’fari** A.R. Kiamanesh, Ph.D.*** A. Karimi, Ph.D.****   To determine the effects of self-concept, attitude, and interest on the math performance of 21082 eight graders participating in four TIMSS studies from 2003-2015, and the trend of these effects...